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White Rock

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029626
MRDS ID M007295
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock
Related records 10260980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.06547, 38.64684 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. W (SW) OF CLARKSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 009N 008E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.06547, 38.64684
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LAST OPERATED IN 1925-26. AREA WORKED IN PAST BY BOTH DRIFT AND SURFACE MINERS BUT IS SAID TO BE SPOTTY IN GOLD CONTENT. WATER SUFFICIENT FOR WASHING IS AVAILABLE ONLY ABOUT 3 MONTHS IN THE YEAR, DURING THE RAINY SEASON.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAGLINE DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 566

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII, P. 440

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY THE DREDGED AREA IN THE E1/2 SE1/4 SHOWN ON USGS QUAD. CLARKSVILLE, CALIF., 1953. PROBABLY CLAIMS SHOWN AS JUMBO. NO. 1 TO NO. 4, OWNED BY WHITE ROCK LAND, MINE, AND DREDGE CO., 80 ACRES LISTED ON P. 429 OF REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII. TOPO MAP SHOWS TAILINGS IN SE1/4 OF SEC.

Reporter information

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

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