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Pacific Gold Dredging Co.

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038017
MRDS ID M045269
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Gold Dredging Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.00853, 38.91933 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MI NORTHEAST OF AUBURN ON NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 29,30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.00853, 38.91933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper American River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BILLETIN 85, P. 29-30.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927, PLACER COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, P. 284.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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