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Middle Fork American River

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030112
MRDS ID M008036
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Fork American River
Related records 10187129

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87203, 38.95589 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 21 S1/2SW1/4 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined by PLS and GIS.
  • Location stated as being in both El Dorado and Placer Counties.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87203, 38.95589
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAY BE AURIFEROUS; ARE AMENABLE TO PLACER MINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 57, V.II (also published by California Division of Mines and Geology as Special Publication 94, 1987)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. 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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