Big Gulch Claim

Prospect in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235590
MRDS ID M005201
MAS/MILS ID 0060050002
Record type Site
Current site name Big Gulch Claim
Related records 10028301

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.66431, 38.493 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 012 E 04 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.66431, 38.493

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner G. W Vose
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR AND GEOL V 50 NO 1 JAN 1954 P 268

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 155 P 27

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SE OF SE SEC 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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