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Rosecranz Rosecrans

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 10030058
MRDS ID M007977
Record type Site
Current site name Rosecranz Rosecrans

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8638, 38.87489 (WGS84)
Relative position NR SE COR OF SEC. LOCATED 1 1/2 MI. NW OF GARDEN VALLEY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8638, 38.87489
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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 Morey, Arthur S.

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED PRIOR TO 1888. AROUND 1888 ABOUT $21,000 WAS PRODUCED FROM ORE THAT YIELDED $10 PER TON. SOME WORK DONE ON PROPERTY BT. 1916 AND 1918. IN 1936 MINE WAS REOPENED BY LODE DEVELOPMENT CO AND ACTIVE UNTIL 1939. EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE GOLD IS IN THE NATIVE STATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 350-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 5 LEVELS, 165 FT. CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 423-24, 529, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES 21.63 ACRES. NATIVE GOLD AND PYRITE OCCUR WITH THE QUARTZ WHICH OCCURS IN IRREGULAR BODIES.

Reporter information

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

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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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