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Frog Pond and Marigold Cons.

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007018
MRDS ID C008004
Record type Site
Current site name Frog Pond and Marigold Cons.
Alternate or previous names Marigold Cons.
Related records 10285460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86408, 38.86517 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1/2 MI NW OF GARDEN VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 012N 010E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE AU FOUND IN QUARTZ AND IN ARSENOPYRITE IN A SERIES OF SEAMS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86408, 38.86517
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DECOMPOSED IGNEOUS ROCKS IN MARIPOSA SLATE, PROBABLY AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST

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 INTERMITTENTLY 1914 - 1927 SMALL TONAGES OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST DEVELOPED AT SURFACE THEN BY 60 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFT AND INCLINE.

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. 501 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. 230 AND 261 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT. STATE MIN., P. 286 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT GOLD BEARING SEAMS IN AMPHIBOLITE

Reporter information

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

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