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War Eagle

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 10029995
MRDS ID M007865
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.78823 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4. ON MOTHER LODE 1 MILE SE OF KELSEY. IT IS THE SOUTH EXTENSION OF THE BIG CHUNK VEIN. POSSIBLY THE SAME AS THE NORTH STAR LOCATION ADJOINING THE BIG CHUNK ON THE SOUTH SHOWN PL. 2, DOM BULL. 108, OR POSSIBLY THE "DARK CANYON" CLAIM SHOWN IN E1/2 SE1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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)

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 011N 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.78823
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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 H. J. Picchetti

Comments on the workings information

  • AN 80-FT. SHAFT AND 150-FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 538, PL. 10

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 43

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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