Kelley Bros.

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101066
MRDS ID C007307
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Bros.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07464, 38.81433 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI N NE OF SLUR TAIL PEAK

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 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ON LEDGE REPORTS ORE ASSAYS OF 5 - 11 % COPPER

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. NO. 50 , PG 212

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, MAIN VEIN 40 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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