Avansino

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030367
MRDS ID M008436
Record type Site
Current site name Avansino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67408, 38.6899 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4. ON AVANSINO AND FINK RANCHES. MAY BE SOME OF WORKINGS SHOWN NEAR N1/4 COR. ON USGS QUAD. CAMINO, CALIF., 1952

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)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 012E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67408, 38.6899

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Avansino, Alida L.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE AROUND 1893; PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1930'S

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 107-FT. DEEP WITH 57-FT. NORTH DRIFT ON 90-FT. LEVEL AND 307-FT. SOUTH DRIFT ON 107 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 541

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.

Authoritative California resources

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