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Black Oak Clark, Davey, Dayton Consolidated

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 10030075
MRDS ID M007995
Record type Site
Current site name Black Oak Clark, Davey, Dayton Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84519, 38.86073 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 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)

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 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84519, 38.86073
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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 R. J. Wilson

Comments on the production information

  • BLACK OAK WORKED AS POCKET MINE TO 1934 WHEN WILSON REOPENED, SUNK NEW SHAFT AND DEVELOPED MINE TO IMPORTANT SOURCE OF GOLD. BY 1937 MORE THAN $400,000 HAD BEEN PRODUCED BESIDES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT THAT HAD BEEN HIGH GRADED. OPERATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL 1942 WHEN MINE WAS SHUT DOWN. IDLE SINCE.TOTAL OUTPUT APPROX. $1,250,000

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING ENTRY IS 400--FT. VERTICAL SHAFT ON BLACK OAK; OTHER SHAFTS ON THE OTHER CLAIMS CONNECT; THERE ARE ABOUT 6,000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 409-11, 488

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DAYTON CONSOLIDATED DEV. THE DAVEY, CLARK, AND DAVENPORT CLAIMS, PRODUCING SOME ORE. THESE WERE MERGED WITH THE BLACK OAK IN 1938 AND ARE NOW CONSIDERED PART OF THAT TIME. STATE REFERENCES SHOW LOCATION IN SEC. 34, BUT USGS QUAD. GARDEN VALLEY, CALIF. 1950, AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION SHOW LOCATION IN SEC. 27

Reporter information

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

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