Buckeye Hill Flora

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030109
MRDS ID M008032
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Hill Flora
Related records 10139357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80825, 38.99072 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 NW1/4. THIRTY-TWO ACRES LOCATED ON BUCKEYE POINT 2 MILES W. OF VOLCANOVILLE. LOCATION MAY BE THE MINE SHOWN AS INDICATED ABOVE ON USGS QUAD. GEORGETOWN, CALIF., 1950 (P. 270 OF V. 34, NO. 3 SHOWS LOCATION IN SECS. 7, 8, 12N, 10E AND 17, 18 13N, 10E WITH A NORTH EXTENSION CLAIM OF 20 ACRES - REFERENCES ARE THE SAME AS FOR THIS LOCATION AND APPARENTLY DESCRIPTION WAS INCORRECT)

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)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80825, 38.99072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Colby

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1890'S AND EARLY 1930'S. GRAVEL YIELDED $1.33 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICKING AND DRIFTING. A 400-FT. BEDROCK ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 544, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

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

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