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Lady Emma Currie

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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092098
MRDS ID M007836
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Emma Currie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.80268 (WGS84)
Relative position IN SE1/4 NW1/4. 1 MI. E. OF KELSEY. NOTE: P. 512 OF V. 52, NO. 4, INDICATES LOCATION 1 MI. E OF KELSEY, BUT LOCATION IS PLOTTED IN NW1/4 OF THE SECTION, ABOUT A MILE N. OF KELSEY ON PL. 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 010E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.80268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. L. Peters

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE AROUND 1896; PROSPECTED IN 1942 AND 1947.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 300-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND 150-FT. VERTICAL SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; 10-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 512-13, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 264 PL. 2

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, PL. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM OF 7 ACRES.

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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