Gentle Annie

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. 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 10007049
MRDS ID C008101
Record type Site
Current site name Gentle Annie
Alternate or previous names Claims: Accidental, Belle Humming-Bird, Independence, Jackson, Lion, Logan, Mcneil, Napier, Poverty Point, Sobrante, S. Extension of Napier and Surplus
Related records 10114940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80435, 38.74796 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1 MI. N OF PLACERVILLE

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)

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 011E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 TO 2 1/2 % SULFIDES

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80435, 38.74796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ INTERSTRATIFIED WITH BLACK SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 300 FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTING

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. 503 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , EL DORADO COUNTY: 12TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , EL DORADO COUNTY: 13TH REPT. OF STATE MIN. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., PG. 141 - 142 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 262 AND PL. II.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS FROM 50 TO 80 FT. APART AND FROM 10 TO 40 FT. THICK.
Deposit SEE RIVER HILL ALSO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

Authoritative California resources

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