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Guggenheim Dredge

Producer in Placer 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 10032075
MRDS ID M012246
Record type Site
Current site name Guggenheim Dredge
Related records 10140246

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.96905, 38.9711 (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)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.96905, 38.9711
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RIVER GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1923 - PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCER IN COUNTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT 20 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 14

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOPO MAP SHOWS RIVER BARS ALONG THE AMERICAN RIVER IN THESE SECTIONS BUT DOES NOT INDICATE THEY ARE TAILINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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