Elephant Hydraulic

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028312
MRDS ID M005213
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant Hydraulic
Related records 10235753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.64212, 38.46073 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 012E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.64212, 38.46073

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1922-23, 1927, 1932. UNDER LEASE TO LAGOMARSINO BROS. IN 1954 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION. MAY BE THE WORKING SHOWN IN THE SE 1/4 OF THE SECTION ON USGS QUAD. PINE GROVE, CALIF. 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1954, V. 3, P. 201

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 262, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    REPORT 20 OF STATE MINERALOGIST P. 3, 73; REPORT 23, P. 198-199

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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