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Spring Valley Baumhogger Property

Producer in Calaveras 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028679
MRDS ID M005813
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Valley Baumhogger Property
Related records 10211492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79045, 38.1963 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. NE OF VALLEY SPRINGS. S1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(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 011E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79045, 38.1963
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ABOUT 120 ACRES OF PARTLY CEMENTED GRAVEL GROUND, SAID TO RUN UP TO $1.50 PER CU. YD; IS FROM 12-80' DEEP. THE AURIFEROUS GRAVEL WAS MINED TO A DEPTH OF 15'; BEDROCK NOT REACHED. ALLUVIAL AND TERTIARY GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • YIELD OF $36,000 IN EARLY DAYS. $12,280 FROM 2 MONTHS WASHING, 1936. EASTERN SHAFT SUNK 1861 ON N RIM OF CHANNEL; WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1953. SEAM SHOVEL USED TO MINE THE GRAVEL IN EARLY 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 207 AND PL. C; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 352

Reporter information

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

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