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Enterprise Engineering Company - Pope Creek Placers

Occurrence in Napa county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10031640
MRDS ID M010754
Record type Site
Current site name Enterprise Engineering Company - Pope Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45356, 38.65905 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aetna Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 005W 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED FOR A TIME IN BOULDER TAILINGS LINING THE CREEK BANKS OVER AN AREA ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 5000 SQUARE YARDS. EQUIPMENT REMOVED IN LATE 1946. ACTIVE AND PRODUCING MERCURY IN 1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAGLINE SHOVEL AND FLOATING DREDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 44, NO. 2, APRIL 1948, P. 179

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DOM MIN INF. SERVICE, V. 10, NO. 11, NOV. 1957, P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WM & SAYERS - OP- POPE CR - USBM IC8252, P.185, WILLAIMS LEASE HG ALSO IN THIS SEC - IC8252 P.185

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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