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Railroad Hill

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030123
MRDS ID M008048
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.90103, 38.93295 (WGS84)
Relative position W1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4

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)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.90103, 38.93295
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UMPATENTED CLAIM. DOM BULL. 108, PL. 2 SHOWS PORTION OF CLAIM IN SEC. 36 - 13N - 9E. IT ALSO SHOWS THE BELLE ADJ. THE RAILROAD HILL CL. ON THE E & THE GOLDEN AGE CL. ADJ. & AT R. ANGLES TO THE BELLE-BOTH IN SEC.31

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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