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Lincoln

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092141
MRDS ID M008052
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8452, 38.93295 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. NW OF GEORGETOWN. LOCATED NEAR THE GEORGIA SLIDE MINE WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE S1/4 COR. OF THIS SECTION. MAY BE THE ADIT SHOWN JUST NORTH OF CANYON CREEK IN THE NW1/4 SE1/4 ON USGS QUAD. GEORGETOWN, CALIF., 1950

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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

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 013N 010E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1896 AND AGAIN IN 1926.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100-FT. CUT AND 3 ADITS, 150, 60, AND 110-FT. IN LENGTH; 900 FT. OF SLUICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 571

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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