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Garibaldi Dredge

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. 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 10028323
MRDS ID M005225
Record type Site
Current site name Garibaldi Dredge
Related records 10163052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61934, 38.4449 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4. LOCATED 1/2 MILE EAST OF VOLCANO AT THE JUNCTION OF PIONEER AND SUTTER CREEKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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 012E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61934, 38.4449
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank And Peter Garibaldi

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1940 BY THE OWNERS. GOLD RECOVERY VARIES FROM 10 TO 20 CENTS PER YARD

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPSOIL BULLDOZED TO ONE SIDE; DRAGLINE, WASHING PLANT WITH CAPACITY OF 40 CU. YDS PER HOUR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 198, 263, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AFTER AN AREA HAS BEEN WORKED, THE GRAVEL PILES ARE LEVELED AND THE TOPSOIL IS THEN BULLDOZED OVER THE GRAVEL

Reporter information

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

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