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Delta Placer Gold Co

Producer in Amador 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 10109091
MRDS ID M004767
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Placer Gold Co
Related records 10284168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97324, 38.30546 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI. ALONG JACKSON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 009E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97324, 38.30546
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DELTA PLACER GOLD CO. BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1935 AND WORKED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1942. IDLE SINCE. 1,350,000 TONS OF REDEPOSITED TAILINGS TREATED WITH RECOVERY EXCEEDING 80 PER CENT; ASSAYS VARIED FROM 80 CENTS TO $2.00 PER CU. YD. IN GOLD VALUES. DEPOSIT HAD AVERAGE DEPTH OF 2 1/2 FEET ALTHOUGH IN SOME PLACES THE DEPTH WAS 8 FEET. SANDPITS SHOWN IN S 1/2. PROBABLY AU SHOULD BE IN SEC. 4 ALSO ALONG CREEK

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED, PULPER, SCREENER, CLASSIFIER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.196, 262, PL.

Reporter information

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

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