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Mina Rica

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284538
MRDS ID W023524
MAS/MILS ID 0060090866
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Rica
Alternate or previous names Lockwood
Related records 10076494

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.47541, 38.38881 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Nose(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 014 E 07 C California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS LOCKWOOD ON SOUTHEAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.47541, 38.38881
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 4/16/1865, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AND SCIENFITIC PRESS, 9/18/1875, P. 180.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1916, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING

  • Deposit

    BUREAU REPORT 14, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALAVERAS COUNTY, COUNTY REPORT #2,

  • Deposit

    1962, P. 61 AND 168.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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