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Barnes-Eureka Greenstone

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029932
MRDS ID M007779
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes-Eureka Greenstone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.88271, 38.67833 (WGS84)
Elevation 456
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 010E 28,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.88271, 38.67833
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. F. Baskin

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED PRIOR TO 1894; SOURCE OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD IN 1912; SOME WORK DONE ON PROPERTY IN 1936, AND WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE AGAIN DURING 1947-49

Comments on the workings information

  • A 350-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AND ANOTHER 250-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 406, 486

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, PL. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3, P. 270 AND PL. II BOTH SHOW LOCATION IN SECS. 28 AND 33, 2 CLAIMS, 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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