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Veerkamp Gold Coin

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 10030096
MRDS ID M008016
Record type Site
Current site name Veerkamp Gold Coin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8638, 38.84601 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 NW1/4 LOCATED 1 MI. WEST OF GARDEN VALLEY ON THE MOTHER LODE.

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 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8638, 38.84601
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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 Ray A. Veerkamp

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMT. OF SHALLOW PROSPECTING IN EARLY DAYS. SOME ORE MINED FROM AN OPEN CUT IN 1933. FROM 1935 TO AROUND 1940 PROPERTY OPERATED BY A CANADIAN CONCERN; A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE AGAIN IN 1950. THE ORE CONTAINED ABOUT $12 PER TON AND SOME OF THE COUNTRY ROCK ENCLOSING THE QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINED UP TO $4 PER TON.SEVERAL POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WERE MINED DURING 1930'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 180-FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 60 AND 97 FT.; ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 97-FT. LEVEL; SEVERAL ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 428, 537, AND PL. 10

Reporter information

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

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