New London

Prospect in Amador 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028137
MRDS ID M004966
Record type Site
Current site name New London
Alternate or previous names Lucille
Related records 10138365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84602, 38.46851 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4 SW1/4 SEC.11, NE1/4 NW1/4 SEC.14

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 11,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84602, 38.46851

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Detert, W. F. (Estate), B. Monte Verda And E. C. Taylor
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAD BEEN WORKED TO DEPTH OF 1130 FT. IN 1888 BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE PRODUCTION. MAIN SHAFT 1340 FT. IN 1890; IDLE UNTIL 1894 BUT SHUT DOWN SOON THEREAFTER. ACQUIRED BY PLYMOUTH CONSOLIDATED IN 1914 AND IS NOW PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THAT MINE. THE W.F. DETERT ESTATE HAS A 1/3 INTEREST IN THE CLAIM AND THE REMAINDER IS OWNED BY B. MONTE VERDA AND E.C. TAYLOR. SEE CARD FOR SEC. 11, PLYMOUTH CONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 344.42M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 253

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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