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Eureka and Union Cons. Gravel Union Co.?

Producer in Nevada 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031912
MRDS ID M011717
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka and Union Cons. Gravel Union Co.?
Related records 10212759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86547, 39.35378 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 4, N1/2 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 010E 04,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86547, 39.35378
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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 W. W. Waggoner And D. E. Bleakley
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT OF THE CAMP HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT OVER $4,000,000. IN 1930, LESSEES WERE PREPARING TO RESUME HYDRAULICKING.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICKING, DRIFTING - SLUICE AND TUNNELS. DEPOSIT HAS BEEN WORKED CONSIDERABLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXVI, P. 131-133

  • Deposit

    17TH REPT. P. 439 (UNION)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORT XXVI SHOWS HOLDINGS OF 131 ACRES, 85.6 OF WHICH WERE PATENTED. LIST ON PL. 3, V. 37, NO. 3 (#39) FOR THIS TOWNSHIP GIVES AREA OF 92.84 ACRES. THE LAND LIES BETWEEN LOGAN AND UNION CANYONS; THE GRAVEL FORMS A FLAT TERRACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RELIEF HILL. THE MATERIAL IS FREE WASHING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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