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Bishop Estate Vallecito Consolidated Mines

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 10029440
MRDS ID M006961
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Estate Vallecito Consolidated Mines
Related records 10211270

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.45737, 38.09933 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

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 003N 014E 17,19,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.45737, 38.09933
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WORKED FROM JANUARY 1920 TO JUNE 1923 AT NORTH END OF VALLECITO IN SEARCH OF THE CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL; TOTAL OF 5300' OF UNDERGROUND WORK THROUGH A SHAFT 192' DEEP; BEDROCK WAS LIMESTONE. EXPERIENCE IN THIS CASE SHOWED THE UNCERTAINTY OF MINING AN OLD CHANNEL ON THIS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000 REPORTEDLY RECOVERED FROM GRAVEL ACCUMPLATED IN LARGE FISSURE IN LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 357 AND PL. 6

  • Deposit

    REPT. 20 P. 6-7; REPT. 12, P. 99 AND 482

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 208

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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