Club	Location	Distance
Amador County Gem & Mineral Society	Sutter Creek, California	7km
El Dorado County Mineral and Gem Society	Placerville, California	38km
Gold Country Treasure Seekers	Placerville, California	38km
Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society	Angels Camp, California	47km

Mindat Locality ID:

73499

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:73499:7

GUID (UUID V4):

A lode Au occurrence/mine located in the NE¼NW¼ sec. 9, T6N, R10E, MDM, 2.9 km (1.8 miles) SSE of Rocky Point, 5.7 km (3.6 miles N of Sunnybrook, and 5.7 km (3.6 miles) SSW of Drytown. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.

Local rocks include Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).

Workings include unspecified underground openings.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10028073

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.p.60050058

Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1900), Description of the Mother Lode district, California: USGS Geological Atlas, Mother Lode, folio No. 63, 11 pp.: 8, claim sheet 1, section 1.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

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