Black Oak Mine

Unknown in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187630
MRDS ID C008022
MAS/MILS ID 0060170578
Record type Site
Current site name Black Oak Mine
Related records 10007027

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.84772, 38.8574 (WGS84)
Elevation 616
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 012 N 010 E 27 SWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.84772, 38.8574

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 409-11 488

  • Deposit

    INCL CLARK, DAVEY, DAYTON CONSOLIDATED

  • Deposit

    STATE REFERENCE SHOW IN 34

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL

  • Deposit

    VALLEY REGION, INACTIVE MINE DRAINAGE IN THE SACRAMENTO

  • Deposit

    VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, STAFF REPORT, JULY, 1992, P65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MINE SITE WAS OVERGROWN WITH BRUSH. WASTE ROCK WAS INDISTINGUISHABLE FORM THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. THE SURROUNDING SOIL DID NOT APPEAR REACTIVE. ONE ADIT AND ONE SHAFT WERE ABSERVED THROUGH NEITHER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF DISCHARGE. NO DELETERIOUS DEISHARGES WERE OBSERVED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAY-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.