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Cambrian

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  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 10102837
MRDS ID M007438
Record type Site
Current site name Cambrian

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.94131, 38.79018 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. W OF COLOMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coloma(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 009E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.94131, 38.79018
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. D. Stodick, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1850'S, 1900, 1908. ORE CONTAINS UP TO 10 PERCENT COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 516.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • 113-220 - AND 1360 FT. ADITS, WINZES AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 478 - 479 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 229 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS OF TALCOSE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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