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Nashville

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101077
MRDS ID C007680
Record type Site
Current site name Nashville
Alternate or previous names Havilah, Tennessee-Nashville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84213, 38.57934 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position AT NASHVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(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 008N 010E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LAST ORE FROM 1000 FT LEVEL STOPE 6 TO 15 FT THICK AND 80 FT LONG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONTAINED 2 % PYRITE, SOME ORE DURING 1930'S AVERAGED $5 PER TON AU, ORE IN 1868 - 71 AVERAGED $3 - $15 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84213, 38.57934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN MARIPOSA SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1851 , 1868 - 71 , 1880'S, 1894 , 1903 - 1906 ; 1934 - 1936 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT EVERY 100 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESOF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG 421 - 22 , 520 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG 27 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 233 , 265 AND PL II.

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1956 ) LOGAN ( 1934 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FROM 5 TO 20 FT THICK
Deposit MINE CONNECTED WITH MONTEZUMA WORKINGS TO N AND WORKED WITH IT AFTER 1904 . SAME VEIN THROUGH BOTH MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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