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Monte De Oro

Occurrence in Amador 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028144
MRDS ID M004975
Record type Site
Current site name Monte De Oro
Related records 10114006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84713, 38.51184 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N OF PLYMOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 010E 26,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84713, 38.51184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ FORMED BY INTERSECTION OF 2 VEINS TRENDING N AND N 30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Levaggi, Tony

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 19.021HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUT 500 FT., CROSSCUT ADIT 785 FT. WITH BACKS 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS OF 147 ACRES. (NOTE: COULD THIS BE A DUPLICATION OF THE LISTING OF THE CROESUS AND ST. MARTIN CLAIMS, SEC. 26, AND THE CREEK LEDGE CLAIM, SEC. 35, ALL OWNED BY THE LEVAGGI'S?)

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

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