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Blue Lead

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029944
MRDS ID M007794
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84519, 38.83157 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. SE OF GARDEN VALLEY. CLAIM JOINS THE BIG FOUR ON THE SOUTH AND THE ISABEL ON THE EAST. A MOTHER LODE DEPOSIT.

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 011N 010E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84519, 38.83157
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helen B. King.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1867, PRODUCING SPECIMEN ORE. EVIDENCES INDICATE A LARGE PROPORTION OF WASTE, COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF ORE HANDLED. WORKED HAD CEASED BEFORE 1868.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED TO DEPTH OF 250 FT.; 20-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 489; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 259

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 21, PL. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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