Contraband

Unknown in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Asbestos, Copper
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285246
MRDS ID M007987
MAS/MILS ID 0060170571
Record type Site
Current site name Contraband
Alternate or previous names Ford
Related records 10030068

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.81182, 38.8752 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 24 C California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.81182, 38.8752

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN REC CD HAS ELEV 3550

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 441 479 579

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 50 P 214-6

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 7860 P 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.

Authoritative California resources

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