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Seven Bells

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095089
MRDS ID M007751
Record type Site
Current site name Seven Bells
Alternate or previous names Sporting Boy
Related records 10235983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86213, 38.73601 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. W. OF PLACERVILLE. LOCATED ON THE CHARLES WORTHINGTON RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 010N 010E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86213, 38.73601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED 1917 AND 1919; NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 65-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 483 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 : SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: 22ND REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 408

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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