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Rainbow Wild West

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030057
MRDS ID M007976
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Wild West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8638, 38.87489 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NW OF GARDEN VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8638, 38.87489
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1896.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND 25-FT. SHAFT; 4-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P 526-27; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 266

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII, P. 432

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM OF 20 ACRES. 15TH REPT. SHOWS MINE 1 1/2 MI. W OF GARDEN VALLEY.

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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