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Grizzly Flat

Producer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109212
MRDS ID M008524
Record type Site
Current site name Grizzly Flat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52629, 38.6324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position SE1/4 SE1/4. CLAIM CONTAINS 90 ACRES. PROBABLY WORKING IS THAT SHOWN AT THIS LOCATION ON USGS QUAD. SLY PARK, CALIF., 1953. (LOGAN, 1926, SHOWS LOCATION "A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF GRIZZLY FLAT" WHICH CONFLICTS WITH LOCATION SHOWN, WHICH IS ABOUT 1/4 MI. SE OF GRIZZLY FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sly Park(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

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 013E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52629, 38.6324
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Voss, William
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1880'S, 1896, AND 1914-20. PRODUCED $12,000 FROM GRAVEL CARRYING $1 TO $9 PER CU. YD.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST WORKED BY HYDRAULICKING, LATER BY DRIFTING - 550-FT. DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 551, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3,P. 271

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII, P. 439

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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