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Oro Bell Dredging Co. Chenoweth Dredger

Producer in Placer 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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109292
MRDS ID M012053
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Bell Dredging Co. Chenoweth Dredger
Related records 10164614

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.20844, 38.72591 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Folsom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 007E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.20844, 38.72591
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GROUND IS LOOSE, SANDY CREEK GRAVEL LYING ON SOFT DECOMPOSED GRANODIORITE BEDROCK. AVERAGE DEPTH OF DIGGING UP TO APRIL 1935 WAS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1934-35

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 83-93

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 31, NO. 1, 1935, P. 19 (CHENOWETH DREDGER)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 900 ACRES REPORTED TO BE UNDER LEASE IN 1935, DREDGER CARRIED 76 BUCKETS OF FOUR CU. FT. CAPACITY EA. ORIGINALLY DEPTH CAPACITY WAS 20 FT. BUT THIS WAS INCREASED TO 31 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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