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Poor

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101100
MRDS ID C007828
Record type Site
Current site name Poor
Related records 10139531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81491, 38.81851 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 1 MI NW OF KELSEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 010E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81491, 38.81851
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip E
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRINGER IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST W SURROUNDING SLATE SAID TO CONTAIN 2 FT THICK QTZ VEIN ON HANGING WALL, AND 1.5 FT THICK QTZ VEIN ON FOOTWALL, W "STRATIFIED SLATE" BETWEEN. STRINGERS AT SURFACE DIP E NEAR VERT. AU CONCENTRATION MAY HAVE BEEN LOCALIZED BY CROSS STRINGERS AND SMALL FLAT DIPPING SLIPS FROM W. 30 FT W OF SHAFT, BULL QTZ VEINS STRIKE N 30 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT SHAFT FROM FLOOR OF 37 FT WIDE OPEN CUT. SHAFT BOTTOM FLOODED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 244

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) 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

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