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Buckeye Bar occurrence, Grizzly Bear House, Placer County, California, USAi
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Grizzly Bear House- not defined -
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 55' 55'' North , 120° 58' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Auburn Lake Trails3,426 (2011)2.8km
Cool4,100 (2017)6.0km
Meadow Vista3,217 (2011)8.7km
North Auburn13,022 (2011)9.2km
Auburn13,953 (2017)9.6km
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ClubLocationDistance
El Dorado County Mineral and Gem SocietyPlacerville, California27km
Gold Country Treasure SeekersPlacerville, California27km
Nevada County Gem & Mineral SocietyGrass Valley, California33km
Roseville Rock RollersRoseville, California34km
Fossils for Fun Society, Inc.North Highlands, California44km
Mindat Locality ID:
85142
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:85142:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A reported Au occurrence(s) located in secs. 33 & 34, T13N, R9E, MDM, 1.3 km (0.8 mile) SSE of Grizzly Bear House, along the N side of the Middle Fork American River between Hoosier Bar and Buckeye Bar. Owned by Shock (possibly A. C. Shock - see Lakeview Mine, sec. 32, this township) (1935). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters. Apparently placer locations on river gravels.

Local rocks include pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided and/or Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).

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