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No. 2 Edmunds

Occurrence in El Dorado 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 10029695
MRDS ID M007406
Record type Site
Current site name No. 2 Edmunds

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95297, 38.71879 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF RESCUE. ADJOINS THE PAUL FRIEDMAN RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 010N 009E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95297, 38.71879
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cary Edmunds
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1938 WHEN 100 TONS OF ORE MINED. AU IN 14 ACC. PL. D. FILE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 200-FT. LONG AND ANOTHER BEGUN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 3, P. 521; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 242

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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