Linden

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030181
MRDS ID M008168
Record type Site
Current site name Linden

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.78734, 38.71967 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 16,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.78734, 38.71967

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1882-94 WHEN $130,000 WAS PRODUCED FROM GRAVEL YIELDING $3.25 PER YARD.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINE -DEEP BLUE LEAD CHANNEL DEVELOPED BY 4000-FT. ADIT WITH NUMEROUS DRIFTS ALONG BENCHES AND TWO SHAFTS; 10-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 556-6, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 271, PL. II

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS OF 150 ACRES IN CEDAR RAVINE, 1 1/2 MI. SE OF PLACERVILLE. THESE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME AS THE CONFIDENCE AND GLOBE CLAIMS LISTED ON P. 424, REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII. USGS PROF. PAPER 73, P. 173 SHOWS LOCATION IN SW1/4 SEC. 16 AND SE1/4 SEC. 17

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.