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Josephine Mine

Unknown 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188273
MRDS ID C008308
MAS/MILS ID 0060170876
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine
Alternate or previous names Shields
Related records 10101148

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.78572, 38.99019 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 013 N 011 E 08 W2SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 511 PL 10 V 34 NO 3 P 263

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SE OF NE 7

  • Deposit

    REPT ST MIN XXII P 427 REPT 12 P 114

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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