Balmaceda

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029894
MRDS ID M007732
Record type Site
Current site name Balmaceda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84324, 38.58934 (WGS84)
Relative position NR. CTR. E1/2. LOCATED 1 1/2 MILES NE OF NASHVILLE, AND COMPRISES 20 ACRES. LOCATION MAY BE THE ADIT SHOWN NR. THE CTR. OF THE E1/2 OF THE SEC. ON USGS QUAD. FIDDLETOWN, CALIF. 1950.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(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 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Camilla D. Heald

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1914.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT ON WEST VEIN, STOPED TO SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 486; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 258

  • Deposit

    CDM BULL. 135, PL. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER IN 35 ACC. TO BULL. 135.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.