California

Placer County, California, United States

Gold

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryGold

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Materials

Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite

GangueQuartz

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

LINDGREN, W., 1894 , THE GOLD-SILVER VEINS OF OPHIR, CALIFORNIA: 14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2 , P. 264 .WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 335 - 6 .

Identification

Deposit ID10007702

MRDS IDC012177

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates38.88433, -121.08659