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Stuckslager

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Vanadium
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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 10007145
MRDS ID C009158
Record type Site
Current site name Stuckslager
Alternate or previous names Strucklager

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.92381, 38.79073 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI SW OF LOTUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coloma(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 011N 009E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOTED FOR OCCURENCE OF ROSCOELITE, A VANADIUM MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Roscoelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.92381, 38.79073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAIN VEIN FROM SEAM TO 2 FT PLUS THICK. ALSO MANY THIN QTZ STRINGERS. COUNTRY ROCK OF SLATE AND GREENSTONE LIES BETWEEN SERPENTINE TO W AND GRANODIORITE TO E. AU IN POCKETS W GREENISH OR CLOVE-BROWN SCALES OF ROSCOELITE IN A QTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1880S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS

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 426 , 533 , PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 268 .

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 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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