Lookout

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006889
MRDS ID C007675
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout
Related records 10187405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8363, 38.64323 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 3 MI SW OF EL DORADO, 1 1/4 MI SS W OF TOMBSTONE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 009N 010E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU IN SMALL BUT RICH SHOOTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8363, 38.64323

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN MARIPOSA SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912 AND 1933

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE FROM 1860 TO 1930'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 400 FT ADIT

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 514 - 515 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 264 AND PL II.

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1956 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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