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American Bar Quartz

Past Producer in Placer 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 10285600
MRDS ID M021783
MAS/MILS ID 0060610589
Record type Site
Current site name American Bar Quartz
Related records 10034852

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.74822, 39.00879 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 011 E 33 S2SE California

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE FRENCH MEADOWS ROAD AT FORESTHILL ABOUT 7 MILES TO LOOKOUT POINT TAKE HARD RIGHT FOLLOW DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.74822, 39.00879
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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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR 67 P 46 PLS 1 3 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO USGS FOLIO 66 P

  • Deposit

    V 32 NO 1 1936 P 11 12 42 V 31 NO 1 1935 P 17 12TH REPT ST M

  • Deposit

    204 15TH REPT ST MIN P 332

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED SEPT 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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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