One Spot Sailor Jack

Producer in El Dorado 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109211
MRDS ID M008419
Record type Site
Current site name One Spot Sailor Jack

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.69452, 38.71956 (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)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camino(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 010N 012E 17,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.69452, 38.71956

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY DAYS WHEN $40,000 PRODUCED AND AGAIN IN 1934-38. GRAVEL YIELDED $8 PER YARD. THE LARGEST NUGGET WEIGHED 3.42 OZ. TROY. THE GOLD RANGES FROM 910 TO 919 FINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINE - 500 FT. ADIT WITH DRIFTS AND RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 559; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 242

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. 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.