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Ferrier Diggings

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103118
MRDS ID M021864
Record type Site
Current site name Ferrier Diggings
Alternate or previous names Johnny Rafael Mine
Related records 10261548

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78269, 39.02128 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1 MI. E 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 011E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2, SW 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78269, 39.02128
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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 production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED THROUGH 1919

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M021864

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    CHANDRA, D. B., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORRESTHILL QUADRANGLES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, PL. 3 .

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