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Contraband

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Asbestos
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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 10030068
MRDS ID M007987
Record type Site
Current site name Contraband
Alternate or previous names Ford
Related records 10285246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8138, 38.87518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Relative position 2 MI. SW OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Asbestos Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8138, 38.87518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 45 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1904 - 1906

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner El Dorado Copper Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1860, 1902, 1910. ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN AS HIGH AS 18 PERCENT OF COPPER IN PLACES. SOME PRODUCTION OF ASBESTOS RECORDED DURING PERIOD 1904-1906.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS AND A 65-FT. INCLINE (IN 1908)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 214 - 216

  • 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. 479 .

  • Production

    CLARK & CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 60 ACRES.

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

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