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Homestead

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029822
MRDS ID M007598
Record type Site
Current site name Homestead
Related records 10115136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.9602, 38.89183 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. W. OF GREENWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(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 012N 009E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO, CA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 DIV. OF MINES, P. 481 .

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS QUAD. GREENWOOD, CALIF., 1950 SHOWS GREENWOOD AS BEING LOCATED IN THE SW COR SEC. 7 & NW COR SEC. 18, T.12N, R. 10E.SOME OF THE REFERENCES NOTED IN THE REFERENCE SHOWN BELOW SHOW THE MINE AS BEING IN SEC. 26, 13N, 10E, BUT THE EARLY REFERENCES WOULD INDICATE LOCATION MORE NEARLY AS SHOWN ABOVE.

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

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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