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French Hill

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Asbestos
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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 10092058
MRDS ID M007624
Record type Site
Current site name French Hill
Related records 10260120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 38.93295 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position NW1/4 NE1/4. HOLDINGS OF 160 ACRES, 1 MILE S. OF SPANISH DRY DIGGINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 38.93295
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harriett Taylor

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE AROUND 1894. PROSPECTED FOR ASBESTOS BUT NO RECORD OF ITS OUTPUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND MATERIAL TREATED IN 800FT. SLUICE AND 10-STAMP MILL; ALSO A 100-FT. SHAFT AND 100-FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 441,569, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 261

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 7860, P. 15

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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