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Beebe East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside Eureka

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 10030016
MRDS ID M007911
Record type Site
Current site name Beebe East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside Eureka

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.82964, 38.90369 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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 010E 02,03,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.82964, 38.90369
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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 Woodside-Eureka Mining Co., Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • EUREKA CLAIM WORKED IN EARLY GOLD RUSH DAYS AND AT LATER INTERVALS UNTIL 1908. BEEBE CLAIM FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1917. FROM 1932-39 PROPERTY PRODUCED $1,200,465 FROM 306,341 TONS OF ORE. AFTER 1939 ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED FROM CLEANUP OPERATIONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS UP TO 700 FT. DEEP WITH 6 LEVELS, DRIFTS, WINZE BT. 500-FT. AND 700-FT. LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 406-8, 486

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS A CONSOLIDATION OF A NUMBER OF CLAIMS AND WAS ONCE ONE OF THE LARGER SOURCES OF GOLD IN THE COUNTY. WORKINGS ARE SHOWN IN NW COR. SEC. 11 ON USGS QUAD. GEORGETOWN, CALIF., 1950. LOCATION OF THE CLAIMS IS SHOWN ON PL. II, CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3 - APPARENTLY 2 SEPARATE GROUPS PER LOCS. SHOWN ON 21 DOM BULL. 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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