Blue Gouge Mine

Plant 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284765
MAS/MILS ID 0060171148
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Gouge Mine
Alternate or previous names Berg

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.53711, 38.7091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
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

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

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 010 N 013 E 21 NENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.53711, 38.7091

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Omni Enterprises Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 411 488

  • Deposit

    USFS. FINAL ENVIRON. IMPACT STATMENT, BLUE GOUGE MINE

  • Deposit

    PLAN OF OPERATIONS, 1981-1985, PLACERVILLE RANGER DIST.

  • Deposit

    ELDORADO NT. FOREST, DEC. 1981, 52 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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