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E. A. Bacon

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028575
MRDS ID M005623
Record type Site
Current site name E. A. Bacon
Related records 10162824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97408, 38.1963 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. NE OF WALLACE. SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 009E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97408, 38.1963
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HYDRAULIC MINE. GRAVEL 5-40' THICK, CONTAINS 10% BOULDERS, 20% CLAY. ZIRCON OCCURS IN THE SANDS AT WALLACE (CONCENTRATION-128 LBS. ZIRCON PER TON OF BLACK SAND)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 4 1/2 MILLION YDS. GRAVEL WASHED PRIOR TO 1932; 10,000 YDS. WASHED EARLY 1940'S, RECOVERED 286 OZ. AU, 14 OZ. AG. DREDGED BY DRAGLINE LATE 1930'S. GRAVEL MINED 1941 BY BULLDOZER, STATIONARY WASHING PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 189 AND PL. C; B. 135, P. 251

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 176, P. 708

  • Deposit

    MANUAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAR MINERALS OF COUNTIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2ND ED., SEPT. 1, 1944, P. 28

Reporter information

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

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