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Veer Kamp

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007023
MRDS ID C008016
Record type Site
Current site name Veer Kamp
Alternate or previous names Gold Coin
Related records 10284787

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86685, 38.8474 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MI SSW OF GEORGETOWN

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 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86685, 38.8474
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL QTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS ON MOTHER LODE IN HIGHLY WEATHERED SCHIST AND SLATE. A LARGE LOW GRADE VEIN, WHICH STRIKES N 25 W, INTERSECTS A SMALL HIGH-GRADE VEIN WHICH STRIKES N 15 E A DIABASE DIKE LIES JUST TO E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINED $12/TON. SOME COUNTRY ROCK ENCLOSING QTZ VEINLETS CONTAINED UP TO $4/TON. SEVERAL POCKETS OF HIGH GRADE ORE WERE MINED IN 1930'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT SHAFT W LEVELS AT 60 AND 97 FT. 1200 FT DRIFTS AT 60 LEVEL; 1000 FT DRIFTS AT 97 FT LEVEL. SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN CUTS.

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 428 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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