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Griffith Consolidated

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030235
MRDS ID M008235
Record type Site
Current site name Griffith Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.80662, 38.67725 (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)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank B. Richards

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED ORIGINALLY IN 1850'S ; ACTIVE 1888-90, 1896, AND 1903. ORE YIELDED FROM $4.25 TO $8 PER TON, ALTHOUGH IN A FEW AREAS IT YIELDED AS MUCH AS $65 PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 -, 150, AND 253-FT. SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; 5-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 506, PL. 10; V. 43, NO. 3, P. 262, PL. II

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, PP. 25-26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS INCLUDE THE GRIFFITH AND BRYANT WHICH IS 2999 FT. LONG AND 600 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL OTHER UNPATENTED QUARTZ CLAIMS GIVING TOTAL LENGTH OF ABOUT 4500 FT. ALONG THE COURSE OF THE MOTHER LODE.

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.

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