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Bucks Bar

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030328
MRDS ID M008379
Record type Site
Current site name Bucks Bar
Related records 10163454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69324, 38.66129 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY SW1/4. LOCATED NE OF BUCK'S BAR ON N. FORK OF COSUMNES RIVER ON HUTTON PROPERTY LYING ON BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER JUST UPSTREAM FROM THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE.

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)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 012E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69324, 38.66129
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1936. WORKED IN 1938 BY HORSESHOE DREDGING CO.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAGLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 544; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 227, 363

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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