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Shumway

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030254
MRDS ID M008255
Record type Site
Current site name Shumway

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78963, 38.81712 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4. LOCATED ONE MILE SE OF SPANISH FLAT, AND 3/4 MI. SOUTH OF ALHAMBRA MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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)

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 011N 011E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78963, 38.81712
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilbur E. Trimm Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED IN 1938 BY ALHAMBRA - SHUMWAY MINING CO. NO DISCOVERY OF ORE HAD BEEN REPORTED AS OF JULY, 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY 100-FT. SHAFT AND 300-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P.532, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 249

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 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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Authoritative California resources

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