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EL DORADO CENTER, PLACERVILLE
FIELD STUDIES IN GEOLOGY
( TWO - 1 UNIT CLASSES )

1. COAST RANGE & HETCH HETCHY GEOLOGY AND PROJECT HISTORY
GEOL.390 - Course #16010
PRE TRIP LECTURE – FRI SEPT 21, 4-7PM RM 109 EDC
POST TRIP LECTURE – FRI OCT 5, 4-7 PM RM 109 EDC
Field Trip Dates
SEPT 28, FRI – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO - OVERVIEW OF HETCH HETCHY SYSTEM.
SEPT 29, SAT - MOCCASIN POWERHOUSE & O'SHAUGHNESSY DAM.
SEPT 30, SUN – DON PEDRO DAM & SOUTHERN MOTHER LODE MINES.
Overnight Camping or Motels Fri & Sat nights in Reno at students' expense.

2. GEOLOGY OF MONO LAKE & TIOGA PASS
GEOL.390 - Course #16011
PRE TRIP LECTURE – FRI OCT. 12, 4-7PM RM. 109
POST TRIP LECTURE – FRI OCT. 25, 4-7PM RM. 109
Field Trip Dates
OCT. 19, FRI – Tour of Operating Pumice Quarry, Mono Craters. (Unlimited collecting of pumice and obsidian).
OCT. 20, SAT – Tour Mono Lake Visitors Center, North and South Shores of Mono Lake.
OCT. 21, SUNDAY – TIOGA PASS - Lee Vining to Sonora.
Overnight Camping or Motels Fri & Sat night at students expense.

PROFESSOR GEORGE A. WHEELDON

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Folsom Lake College, El Dorado Center
Placerville, CA

In the classroom with George!

Fall 2007

Geology 300 - Introduction to Physical Geology

Ever wonder. . .
About the origin of Gold?
Just how did miners dig through hard rock?
What was it about Virginia City that brought the miners?
What exactly is placer gold and where do you find it?
What's the story on dredging in the Mother Lode?
About the toll roads used to get to the mines?
What are the classic mining scams and how did they work?

Join George Wheeldon in to uncover the answers to these and many more questions about the underpinnings of the Sierra Nevada. Click on Physical Geology 300 above to learn more about the course.

Geology In A Nutshell


Collecting pumice South of Mono Lake
The town of Bodie

Location of Mono Lake
Class Field Trip to Empire Mine in Grass Valley

Class Field Trip to Nevius Machine Shop
Class Field Trip to Nevius Machine Shop
Courses taught by George A. Wheeldon

Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA
El Dorado Center, Placerville, CA

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When you reach the course page, click on each session to
see the PowerPoint presentation for that session.

 

Class Flyers

Geology 390 — Field Studies (1 unit ea)

Geology 347 — Mining History of the Mother Lode
(3 units)

 

George Wheeldon with a 13-ounce bar of gold
at the “16 to 1 Mine.”