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Toll House Hook and Ladder

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 10030166
MRDS ID M008142
Record type Site
Current site name Toll House Hook and Ladder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74769, 38.73323 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4. AT SMITH'S FLAT. THIS REFERENCE SHOWS THE TOLL HOUSE IN S1/2 NE1/4 AND HOOK & LADDER IN W1/2SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camino(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 010N 011E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74769, 38.73323
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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 Charles Fossetti

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1890, DURING THE 1890'S AND FROM 1918 TO 1932. A SAMPLE TAKEN DURING LATEST OPERATIONS RAN $19.50 PER CU. YD. WITH GOLD AT $20.67 PER OZ.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINE - 152 FT. SHAFT, RAISES, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 564, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 272

  • Deposit

    BULL. 135, PP. 255-6

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 73, P. 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS OF 134 ACRES.

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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