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Big Buzzard

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030036
MRDS ID M007949
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buzzard
Alternate or previous names Darrington Ranch, Hercules, Buzzard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10297, 38.77295 (WGS84)
Elevation 796
Relative position 2 MI. SE OF GEORGETOWN. LOCATED ON 140 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 008E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTED $14 PER TON IN AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10297, 38.77295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N TO NW
    Dip E
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANODIORITE LIES WEST OF DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barklage, William

Comments on the workings information

  • A 118 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 214

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 477 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN CAPPING 100 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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