Cranes Gulch

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006991
MRDS ID C007955
Record type Site
Current site name Cranes Gulch
Alternate or previous names Whitesides
Related records 10284794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84796, 38.88489 (WGS84)
Elevation 738
Relative position 1 MI. S OF GEORGETOWN, JUST W OF EMPIRE CREEK

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)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. W 1/2 OF SE 1/4 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84796, 38.88489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1874 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN PIT 70 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 569 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. MINES BULL. 108 , PG. 45 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PL. II.

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1956 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAM DEPOSIT
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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