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Argonaut Aultman, Golden Unit

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030045
MRDS ID M007962
Record type Site
Current site name Argonaut Aultman, Golden Unit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88242, 38.88961 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position NR. CTR. OF SEC. LOC ON MOTHER LODE,1 1/2 MILES SE OF GREENWOOD, AND COMPRISING 19.7 ACRES.

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88242, 38.88961
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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 El Dorado Argonaut Mines
    Home office C/O J. A. Sisler

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1880'S, 1921, 1927-28. ORE YIELDED UP TO $15 PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ADIT 405 FT. LONG TO A DEPTH OF 171 FT. A 10-STAMP MILL, LATER REPLACED BY A GIBSON MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 484; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 17

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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