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Excelsior

Producer 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 10030198
MRDS ID M008196
Record type Site
Current site name 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 Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Placerville Gold Mining Co.
    Home office C/O L.F.S. Holland

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE BETWEEN 1852 AND 1871; DRIFTING DURING 1907-11. ABOUT $5,000,000 RECOVERED FROM THIS CLAIM. THE AU ON THE BEDROCK HAD A FINENESS OF 925, WHILE THAT IN AN UPPER STRATUM IN THE SAME PLACE, ON " FALSE BEDROCK" HAD A FINENESS OF 975.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING AND HYDRAULICKING; 10-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO COON HOLLOW.

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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