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Coon Hollow and Excelsior

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 10030197
MRDS ID M008195
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Hollow and Excelsior

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.80655, 38.70604 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 18,19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.80655, 38.70604
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1852

Comments on the production information

  • DRIFTED FROM 1852 TO 1861 AND HYDRAULICKED FROM 1861 TO 1871. AU OUTPUT FROM THIS AREA TOTALED $10,000,000. GRAVEL YIELDED ABOUT $1 PER CU. YD. ACCUMULATED TAILINGS BEING MINED FOR AGGREGATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT AND HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 547, PL. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COON HOLLOW CLAIM SHOWN IN SW1/4 OF SEC. 18 ON PL. II, V. 34, NO. 3, AND CONTAINS 70 ACRES. SEE CARD FOR EXCELSIOR MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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