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Big Four Golden Oak

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 10030102
MRDS ID M008023
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Golden Oak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84519, 38.84601 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 SW1/4. 1 MI. SE 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 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84519, 38.84601
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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 DURING 1890'S; PROSPECTED IN 1940. ORE YIELDED $10 TO $13 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 96-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND 100-FT. DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 487; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 259

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 19, PL. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM CONTAINS 16 ACRES IN A NEARLY SQUARE PIECE COVERED BY AGRICULTURAL PATENT, AND ADJOINS THE ISABEL ON THE EAST.

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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