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Crusader

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 10092145
MRDS ID M008068
Record type Site
Current site name Crusader

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80491, 38.66129 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. S. OF DIAMOND SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 011E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80491, 38.66129
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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 Mary Ann Simpson
    Home office C/O J. P. Conroy

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1914 AND AGAIN IN 1929.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 100-FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 495; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 260

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIXTY ACRES. STATE REFERENCE GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 12, 9N, 10E, BUT GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION, AND USGS QUAD. PLACERVILLE, CALIF., SHOW LOCATION IN NW1/4 NW1/4 OF SEC. 6, 9N, 11E.

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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