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Big Buzzard Hercules, Darrington

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102835
MRDS ID M007326
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buzzard Hercules, Darrington

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10492, 38.77378 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. SW OF RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE (SEC. 19) AND 1/2 MI. E OF AMERICAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 008E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10492, 38.77378
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ge. Darrington Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED AS A GOLD MINE; WORKED 1900--1910 WITH LITTLE PRODUCTION; SOME UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT IN 1926; SOME COPPER-ZINC ORE SHIPPED FROM THE DUMP IN 1943-1944 AND A TEST RUN OF SOME DUMP MATERIAL WAS MADE IN 1948.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 300 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 228

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. H., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 440 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 406 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE MAY BE THE WORKINGS SHOWN IN THE SE1/4 ON USGS QUAD. PILOT HILL CALIF. 1954. DEPOSIT OCCURS IN AMPHIBOLITE AND MICA SCHIST NEAR GRANODIORITE WHICH LIES TO THE WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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