French Nagler

Occurrence in El Dorado 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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029820
MRDS ID M007595
Record type Site
Current site name French Nagler

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 38.88961 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 - ADJ. TOWN OF GREENWOOD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(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 012N 009E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 38.88961

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1874 AND AGAIN DURING 1890'S. TOTAL OUTPUT OF MORE THAN $500,000 REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICKING IN PIT 80 FT. DEEP, 600 FT. LONG. ALSO BY SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 569; V. 34, NO. 3,P. 261

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM CONTAINS 18 ACRES.

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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