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Grand Victory

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 10030244
MRDS ID M008244
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Victory

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.7506, 38.67663 (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 33,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.7506, 38.67663
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1857

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Provident Minerals Corp.
    Home office C/O Floyd Singleton

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1857. IN 1879 ORE WAS TREATED IN A 5-STAMP MILL. BY 1888 EXTENSIVE OPEN CUTS AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND A 40-STAMP MILL WAS ACTIVE. CYANIDATION PLANT INSTALLED IN 1894 AND OPERATED UNTIL 1901 WHEN MINE SHUT DOWN. CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT DONE IN 1930'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT, OPEN CUTS AS WIDE AS 135 FT.. ABOUT 450 FT. FROM ADIT PORTAL IS A WINZE WITH 3 LEVELS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 415, 505, AND PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 262, PL. II

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK IS SILICIFIED SCHIST, SLATE, AND QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. HOLDINGS OF 72 ACRES. GOLD QUARTZ VEIN ON FOLIO 3 SEEMS TO BE IN SECS. 33, 34. LISTED BUT NOT PLOTTED ON MAP, PL. 2, DOM BULL. 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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