Martinez

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101080
MRDS ID C007700
Record type Site
Current site name Martinez
Alternate or previous names Hillside Group
Related records 10284672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81935, 38.63657 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position ON MARTINEZ CREEK S OF UNION MINE ABOUT 4 1/2 MI SE OF EL DORADO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 009N 010E 12,13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF SCHIST AND SLATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE DURING 1928 - 31 YIELDED $1.80 - $6.40 PER TON AU OTHER SMALL TONNAGES MILLED FROM 1923 - 26 VARIED FROM $4 - $80 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Mariposa Formation;
    Rock description Mariposa Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81935, 38.63657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rocks In Area Trend Nw, Formations Are Much Disturbed By Faulting Some Faulted To Ne With Displacement From 16 To 30 Ft.

Ore body information

  • 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
Production years 1926 - 31 , 1934 - 41

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1915 , 1926 - 1931 , 1934 - 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 822.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY MAIN 1700 FT N DRIFT ADIT AND 700 FT N DRIFT ADIT 300 FT ABOVE MAIN ADIT, BOTH CONNECTED BY RAISE. A 42 FT SHAFT IS NEAR MAIN ADIT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG 419 , 517 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG 30 - 31 , AND PL II.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 ,NO. 3 , PG 237 - 238 , 264 AND PL II.

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1956 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS CLAIMS BUT LITERATURE VARIES WIDELY ON NAMES WHICH IT INCLUDES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW BANDS OF AMPHIBOLITE AND SERPENTINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan 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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