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U.S. Grant New Deal

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030381
MRDS ID M008451
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Grant New Deal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65991, 38.75934 (WGS84)
Relative position N. OF MT. DANAHER RANGER STATION. LOCATED ON PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Mountain(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 011N 012E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65991, 38.75934
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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 DURING 1870'S; PROSPECTED IN 1936. DURING LATTER PERIOD SOME MILL TESTS YIELDED $7 A TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND 100 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT WITH DRIFTS 400 FT. NORTH AND 200 FT. SOUTH; BRUNIUS MULLER-MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 536; V. 34, NO. 3, PP. 253-4

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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