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Skipper Esperanza

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 10092131
MRDS ID M007935
Record type Site
Current site name Skipper Esperanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.90103, 38.90406 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 - 1/2 MI. E. OF GREENWOOD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(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)

South 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 El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.90103, 38.90406
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. R. Swartz

Comments on the production information

  • HAS BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY MR. SWARTZ SINCE 1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG AND A 50-FT. INCLINED SHAFT SUNK IN THE OPEN CUT. NUMEROUS PROSPECT HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 425, 532, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 261

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM OF 20 ACRES. WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE ESPERANZA CLAIM. LOC. E1/2 SW1/4 ON PL. 2, BULL. 108 - AND ADJOINING ON THE SOUTH IS THE CROCKETT CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 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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Authoritative California resources

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