Cosmopolitan Group

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098214
MRDS ID M004992
Record type Site
Current site name Cosmopolitan Group
Alternate or previous names Dry Creek, Henry Clay, Providence.
Related records 10162482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8388, 38.45351 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position SE 1/4 14, NE 1/4 23, NW 1/4 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO COMMODITY INFORMATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8388, 38.45351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Detert, W. F. (Estate)
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 40.47HA

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BETWEEN 1850 AND 1890 ; SHAFT 750 FT. WITH 6 LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 242 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 188

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE BELT OF CAL.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC OR DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.