1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

El Dorado and Placer Gold Mng. and Power Co.

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032087
MRDS ID M012275
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado and Placer Gold Mng. and Power Co.
Related records 10164592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93903, 38.93789 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF BUTCHER RANCH, NEAR POVERTY BAR - NE1/4 OF SECTION.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93903, 38.93789
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON MIDDLE FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER. GRAVEL BARS ARE PARTIALLY COVERED BY HYDRAULIC TAILINGS AND AVERAGE ABOUT 25 FT. IN DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butcher Ranch

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1915-16 WAS BEING WORKED WITH 79- BUCKET DREDGE WITH THREE SHIFTS OF FOUR MEN EACH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    California Division of Mines 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 38

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.