Pacific Channel Zimmerman

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030472
MRDS ID M008582
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Channel Zimmerman
Related records 10115187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.51184, 38.75934 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 SW1/4. LOCATED ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF PACIFIC HOUSE. PROBABLY THE LOCATION SHOWN AS A GRAVEL PIT ON USGS QUAD. POLLOCK PINES, CALIF. 1950

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pollock Pines(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

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 013E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.51184, 38.75934

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE FROM AROUND 1915 TO EARLY 1920'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINE. DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS, ONE 1000 FT. IN LENGTH. GRAVEL TREATED IN BARREL GRAVEL MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 559, PL. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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

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