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Hazel Creek

Producer 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030468
MRDS ID M008571
Record type Site
Current site name Hazel Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52407, 38.7474 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Relative position S1/2 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sly Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 010N 013E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52407, 38.7474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hazel Creek Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY SINCE DISCOVERY IN 1948 AND IS THE LARGEST GOLD MINING OPERATION IN THE COUNTY. IN 1954, 30 TO 40 TONS OF ORE PER DAY WERE BEING MINED AND MILLED. PRODUCTION IN 1956 YIELDED SOME LEAD AND ZINC IN ADDITION TO 2,651 OZ. OF GOLD AND 945 OZ. OF SILVER FROM CONCENTRATES. PRODUCED 250,000 PB. 1948 & 53

Comments on the workings information

  • A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT ON WEST VEIN AND 130-FT. INCLINED 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT; STOPES; 30-TON FLOTATION MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 416-18, 508; V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 442

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1956, V. 3, PAGE 21

  • Deposit

    DIV. MINES MIN. INF. SERVICE, V. 9, NO. 6, P. 8; V. 12, NO. 1, P. 2; ADD. REF. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 216

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERBEDDED SLATE AND GREEN SCHIST WITH SMALLER AMTS. OF QUARTZITE AND METACHERT, ALL PART OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. ORE CONSISTS OF NATIVE GOLD WITH CONSIDERABLE AMTS. OF GALENA AND PYRITE IN QUARTZ, AND SMALLER AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE & SPHALERITE. THE FREE GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA. OPERATIONS CURTAILED IN 1958 BY A FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE MILL - MIS V. 13, NO. 2, P. 14. GEOLOGY OF HAZEL CREEK GOLD MINE, 1957, IRA E. KLEIN (KLEIN IS A GEOLOGIST WITH U.S. BUR. RECLAMATION AND COPY OF REPORT ON FILE WITH DOM, FERRY BLDG., SF. IN 1964 OWNERS WERE HARVEY WEST AND MRS. FAY GUNBY. PROPERTY HAD BEEN ABD. IN 1959; DRILLING STARTED AGAIN EARLY SEPT. 1963 BY ALLEGHENY MNG. CO. BUT WAS ABD. AFTER A FEW MONTHS. MINE REACTIVATED IN LATE 1964 BY ALASKA MINES & MINERALS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING BEGUN THE 1ST OF OCT. HAD REACHED DEPTH OF 758 FT. AND EXPLORATORY WORK WAS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WINTER - CALIF. MNG. JOUR. DEC. 1964, P. 15. APPARENTLY ACQUIRED BY MTN
Deposit COPPER CO AS THEY OBTAINED ORE LOAN OF 53,240, WITH 50% GOV'T PARTICIPATION, FOR EXPLORATORY CORE DRILLING - E & M J JAN. 1967, P. 136, 138

Reporter information

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

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