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Us Grant

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007112
MRDS ID C008451
Record type Site
Current site name Us Grant
Alternate or previous names New Deal
Related records 10139345

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6638, 38.7574 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI W OF POLLOCK PINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 012E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N OF MT DANAHER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AROUND 1938 , MILL TESTS YIELDED $7/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6638, 38.7574
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.12M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 8 - 44 IN THICK VEIN "CALAVERAS FORMATION" (LOGAN, 1938 ) COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1936.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 FT. XCUT ADIT 100 FT. VEIN W 600 FT. DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 536 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 253 , 254 .

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1938 , CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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