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Boston

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029680
MRDS ID M007377
Record type Site
Current site name Boston

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12381, 38.80406 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. SW OF SHINGLE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 009E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12381, 38.80406
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1850'S AND 1870'S WHEN GOOD ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 400-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 216

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 478 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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