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American River Gold Mng. Co.

Occurrence in Placer 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 10032081
MRDS ID M012261
Record type Site
Current site name American River Gold Mng. Co.
Related records 10188513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93903, 38.96589 (WGS84)
Relative position 480 ACRES - ALONG THE RIVER IN THIS SECTION (MIDDLE FORK OF AMERICAN RIVER) ACROSS FROM THE HINES GILBERT QUARTZ MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93903, 38.96589
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER - RIVER GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 86

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 3, PLACERVILLE

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 31, NO. 1, 1935, P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMERICAN RIVER GOLD MNG. CO. CONTRACTED TO PURCHASE THE LAND FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. - PLACER MINING EQUIPMENT BEING INSTALLED IN 1934.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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