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Chaparral Golden Queen

Occurrence in El Dorado 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092113
MRDS ID M007876
Record type Site
Current site name Chaparral Golden Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82685, 38.77379 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 - 2 MI. SW OF KELSEY. SW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4 PL. 2, DOM BULL. 108

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 010E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82685, 38.77379
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1872

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. C. Stingle

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1872-75 AND 1901. ORE YIELDED $7 TO $15 PER TON. WORKINGS HAVE BEEN INACCESSIBLE FOR YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 200-FT. SHAFT AND 50-FT. ADIT; MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 492, PL. 10

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 21; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 260

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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