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Joseph Skinner Fisk, Porphyry

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 10030157
MRDS ID M008126
Record type Site
Current site name Joseph Skinner Fisk, Porphyry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8038, 38.73323 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 1 MI. N. OF PLACERVILLE. DOM BULL. 108, P. 45 SAYS LEDGE ON WHICH THIS CLAIM IS LOCATED IS 1/4 MI. N. OF PLACERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 010N 011E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8038, 38.73323
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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 1896-98, 1901-03 & AROUND 1932. TOTAL OUTPUT NEARLY $100,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY HYDRAULICKING; LATER 232-FT. ADIT & DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 571; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 263

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, PP. 28, 45

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII, P. 426

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM CONTAINS 17 ACRES, ON THE MOTHER LODE. THE FISK AND LEMON (SEE HODGE & LEMON, SEC. 6) WERE ONCE KNOWN AS THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE MINE.

Reporter information

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

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