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Skipper

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 10101118
MRDS ID C007935
Record type Site
Current site name Skipper
Alternate or previous names Esperanza
Related records 10284940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91047, 38.90128 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI E OF GREENWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(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 012N 010E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURIFEROUS PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91047, 38.90128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AV DISSEMINATED THRU FRESH GREENSTONE AND AU BEARING META-ANDESITE WHICH IS HIGHLY WEATHERED AND SHEARED. ZONE OF AU MINERALIZATION TRENDS NEAR E, THE COUNTRY ROCK TRENDS N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1935 - 1956 (?)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG, AND A 50 FT N DIPPING INCLINED SHAFT, W NUMEROUS PROSPECT HOLES AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO, CALIF: CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL. VOL 52 , NO 4 , P 425 , 532 , PL 10

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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