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Pigeon Drift

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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109107
MRDS ID M005176
Record type Site
Current site name Pigeon Drift
Related records 10138737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77519, 38.51462 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4. VERY CLOSE TO WEST LINE OF SEC. AND PART MAY BE IN SE SEC. 29. LOCATED ONE MILE NW OF FIDDLETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

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 008N 011E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred N. Pigeon
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • WORK FIRST STARTED DURING 1850'S. INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS BY PIGEON FAMILY UNTIL 1935; OPERATED BY F. W. NOWELL 1935 TO 1942. IDLE SINCE 1942 EXCEPT FOR SOME RETIMBERING, AFTER WWII. PRODUCED $18,000 IN GOLD FROM 1935-1942. THE CHANNEL VARIES FROM 20 TO 50 FT. IN WIDTH AND IS ABOUT 6 TO 8 FT. IN DEPTH; ASSAYS AVERAGE ABOUT $3.00 PER CUBIC YARD

Comments on the workings information

  • A 300 FT. ADIT DRIVEN INTO THE CHANNEL AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS WITHIN THE CHANNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 199, 265, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 3

Reporter information

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

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