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Gold Bug Claims

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029852
MRDS ID M007657
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Claims
Related records 10115240

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91824, 38.53184 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. ABOUT 1 MI. N OF COSUMNES RIVER AND NR. CREST ON E SIDE OF RIDGE E. OF BIG CYN CREEK. SHOWN IN S1/2 OF SW1/4 ON PL. 8

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 010E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91824, 38.53184
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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 Theresa Garibaldi

Comments on the production information

  • CLAIMS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED ABOUT 16 TONS OF CHROMITE IN 1918. SEVERAL TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE IS PILED ON VARIOUS DUMPS AND 100 TO 200 TONS OF SUCH ORE REMAINS IN PLACE. IRREGULAR KNOTS AND CLOTS OF HIGH-GRADE CHROMITE WERE COMMON.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHORT INCLINED SHAFT AND AREAS SCRAPED TO BEDROCK BY A BULLDOZER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4,P. 468

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 121 AND PL. 8

Reporter information

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

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