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French Creek

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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029893
MRDS ID M007731
Record type Site
Current site name French Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91741, 38.58934 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 NW1/4 3 1/2 MI. NE OF LATROBE. LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS SOUTH OF THE OLD BRANDON MINE (IN THIS SECTION).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(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 010E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91741, 38.58934
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lange, William And Loomis, L W.

Comments on the production information

  • UNDER DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1953. ASSAYS RANGE FROM $2.80 TO $60 PER TON IN GOLD. ESTIMATED AVERAGE IS $20 TO $30.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 30 FT. DEEP EARLY IN 1956; SURFACE PLANT INCLUDES A HEADFRAME AND MILLING EQUIPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 414, 501 AND PL. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS IN A BELT OF METAVOLCANIC ROCK WEST OF THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT. MINOR AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND A TRACE OF ARSENOPYRITE ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE ORE. PROBABLY WORKINGS ARE SOME OF THOSE SHOWN IN NW1/4 OF THE SEC. ON USGS QUAD. LATROBE.

Reporter information

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

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

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