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Crown Point 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. 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 10007081
MRDS ID C008237
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Cons.
Alternate or previous names Bald Eagle, Gold Queen
Related records 10163518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80991, 38.67629 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. SE OF DIAMOND SPRINGS ON N SIDE OF MARTINES CREEK

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 010N 011E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL LOTS OF ORE YIELDED $20 OR MORE PER TON AU

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 27 E
    Dip 72 E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS IN MARIPOSA SLATE

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 1894 AND AROUND 1923 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 500 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 AND 400 FT. LEVELS WITH 600 FT. DRAIN TUNNEL INTERSECTING SHAFT AT 300 FT. LEVEL, 150 FT. S OF MAIN SHAFT.

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. 494 AND PL. 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG. 23 AND PL. II.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS 4 - 20 FT. THICK
Deposit TWO CLAIMS 3000 FT. BY 600 FT. ; 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

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