West Quartz

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10034914
MRDS ID	M021989
Record type	Site
Current site name	West Quartz
Related records	10285682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.79103, 39.01517 (WGS84)
Elevation	610
Relative position	1 MI. E FOREST HILL BELOW MOSQUITO RIDGE ROAD
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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	011E	31		California

Comments on the location information

UTM EST. S 1/2 , NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.79103, 39.01517	ListMap

Ore body information

General form STRINGERS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Comments on the workings information

ADIT, SOME SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M021989

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CHANDRA, D. K., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORESTHILL QUADRANGLES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEIN

Reporter information

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