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Black Prince Coeur Leonis

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028347
MRDS ID M005264
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Coeur Leonis
Related records 10211482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52601, 38.42769 (WGS84)
Elevation 847
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE S.E. OF BUCKHORN LODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 013E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS WITH PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result GOLD ASSAYED AT $90/TON DURING PRODUCTION PERIOD IN MAIN VEIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A SERIES OF 3 QUARTZ VEINS, IN GRANODIORITE; MAIN VEIN STRIKES N 8 W AND IS 3 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1930'S

Mining district

District name East Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. M. Wedell And W. R. Schwickerth

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN EARLY 1930'S AND PRODUCED A TOTAL OF $50,000 IN $35 PER OZ. GOLD; ACQUIRED BY PRESENT OWNERS IN 1936 AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF WORK HAVE BEEN DONE INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THAT TIME. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE COEUR LEONIE, COEUR LEONIE FRACTION, AND THE AURORA. THE MAIN VEIN, BLACK PRINCE , IS ABOUT 3 FT. WIDE; THE BLACK FOX VEIN IS 440 FT. W. OF THE BLACK PRINCE VEIN AND THE AURORA VEIN IS 550 FT. EAST OF THE BLACK PRINCE.ASSAYS FROM THE BLACK PINCE ARE REPORTED TO AVERAGE $90 PER TON IN $35 PER OZ. GOLD. MINOR LEAD AND COPPER WERE RECOVERED IN THE CONCENTRATES

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; 3 ADITS ALONG MAIN VEIN SEPARATED BY VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 100 FT., FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ADITS ARE 600 , 450 , 225 FT.; CROSSCUTS, RAISES AND STOPES OFF THE ADIT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 172

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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