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Scheel John Schell

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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030476
MRDS ID M008590
Record type Site
Current site name Scheel John Schell
Related records 10280842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.47801, 38.5522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1177
Relative position NE1/4 NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caldor(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)

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 008N 014E 30 NE1/4 NW1/4 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.47801, 38.5522
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT (PROBABLY DRIFT MINE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 ACRES

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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