Roseville Gold Dredging Co.

Occurrence in Placer 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032009
MRDS ID M012054
Record type Site
Current site name Roseville Gold Dredging Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.19832, 38.73624 (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)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Folsom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 07E 08,09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.19832, 38.73624

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER. OPEN CUTS IN BLUE LEAD GRAVEL CONTAINED GOLD IN SEC. 9 ACC. BLM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 135, P. 276

  • Deposit

    BLM REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED DREDGE (72 3-FT. BUCKETS) JAN. 23 TO END OF 1940 AND DURING 1941. PROBABLY ALL OR SOME OF DREDGED AREA SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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