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Rose Kimberly

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006833
MRDS ID C007402
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Kimberly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96909, 38.73684 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MI. NNW OF SHINGLE SPR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(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 010N 009E 10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TWO SAMPLES FROM FE SULFIDE NARROW BANDS STATED TO ASSAY $5 & $1 A TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.96909, 38.73684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN FORM OF LENSES, ONE 40 FT. WIDE BY 20 IN. AVE. THICKNESS, ANOTHER, 120 FT. FROM 1ST, IS 55 FT. WIDE W 2 FT. THICKNESS. BOTH WALLS APPEAR TO BE GABBRO. QTZ. INCLUDES MINERALS AND BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK. IN PLACES A NARROW BAND OF FE SULFIDE IS IN ADJACENT WALL ROCK. ANOTHER VEIN TO W. STRIKES N 83 E WITH 1 1/2 - 2 FT. THICKNESS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1895.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT REPORTED TO EXTEND 220 FT. LEVELS AT 60 , 120 , 220 FT. 60 FT. LEVEL CAVED. 120 FT. LEVEL EXTENDED. 300 FT. IN 1938 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 529 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 247 , 248 , 267 .

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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