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Gold Bug Canyon Creek

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 10030124
MRDS ID M008050
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Canyon Creek
Related records 10162568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8452, 38.93295 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2.

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

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 013N 010E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY FROM AROUND 1896 TO 1934. WORKED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONCERNS.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATED BY DRAGLINES AND SENT THROUGH TROMMEL AND SLUICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 550; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 271, PL. II; V. 31, NO. 1, P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST RECENT REFERENCE SHOWS AREA NORTH OF GEORGIA SLIDE MINE IN SEC. 34; OTHER REFERENCES INCLUDE SECS. 32 AND 33 AND SHOW ACREAGE OF 101 TO 150 IN HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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