Dewey and Stocker

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034875
MRDS ID M021845
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey and Stocker
Alternate or previous names Burt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77824, 39.03517 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 2 MI. NE FOREST HILL
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N;014 011E;010 30;25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 , NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77824, 39.03517

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Forest Hill

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M021845

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 44 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 338 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 44 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey