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Lakeview

Past Producer in Placer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102949
MRDS ID M012271
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview
Related records 10164311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99353, 38.93461 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF AUBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(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)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99353, 38.93461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butcher Ranch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shock, A. C.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. SHAFT, PARTLY VERTICAL AND PARTLY INCLINED. SOME OPEN-CUTS ONE ADIT 130 FT. BELOW OPEN-CUTS AND SHAFT-IT HAS BEEN RUN FOR 217 FT. SE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1943 , STRATEGIC MINERALS, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES P. 558 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 283

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY VARIES FROM 3 - 6 FT. THICK IT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT HALF QUARTZ AND HALF PYRITE. NEW OPERATIONS-VEIN 2,000 FT. LONG 4 - 8 FT. THICK.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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