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Arizona

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030069
MRDS ID M007989
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona
Alternate or previous names Ford Group, Contraband Tunnel
Related records 10236536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.92381, 38.87628 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. SE OF GEORGETOWN.

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 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.92381, 38.87628
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 216

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 477 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN CROPPING 100 FT. WIDE.

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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