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Velvet

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028353
MRDS ID M005275
Record type Site
Current site name Velvet
Related records 10186948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56601, 38.43074 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR DEFENDER MINE

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 013E 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56601, 38.43074
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Hagberg
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • WAS BEING OPERATED BY LESSEES, RAY AND VICTOR HAGEMAN, 1924, WHO TOOK OUT ABOUT 27 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $1100

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 60 FT. DEEP, TUNNEL ABOUT 100 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT 23 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 184

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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