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Crystal

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10006851
MRDS ID C007599
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal
Related records 10162861

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01436, 38.89489 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 1/2 MI N OF COOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 012N 009E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NR CTR N 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.01436, 38.89489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 15 W
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE 1896 , PROSPECTED 1931

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 25 FT SHAFT AND TWO 60 FT INCLINES

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 459 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 260 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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