Hodge and Lemon

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10101125
MRDS ID C008102
Record type Site
Current site name Hodge and Lemon
Related records 10260518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80324, 38.75157 (WGS84)
Relative position AT N END OF QUARTZ HILL, 1 MI. N OF PLACERVILLE

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 010N 011E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80324, 38.75157

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40 N
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rich Pay Zone Where Veinlets Strike East Wall Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEAM DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUT, 40 FT. DEEP AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

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. 571 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 47 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N EXTENSION OF FISK MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, SEAM DEPOSIT, SEAM ZONE

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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