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Taylor

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 10007007
MRDS ID C007980
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor
Alternate or previous names Idlewild
Related records 10260538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87325, 38.87267 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1 1/2 MI NW OF GARDEN VALLEY

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 012N 010E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE AU IN RIBBON ROCK, BEST ON HANGING WALL SIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -120.87325, 38.87267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 - 14 FT THICK, VEIN, INCREASING W DEPTH, ON MOTHER LODE BETWEEN SLATE HANGING WALL AND HARD GS FOOTWALL. CONSIDERABLE GOUGE ON HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1865.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.88HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 1225 FT INCLINED SHAFT W LEVELS EVERY 100 FT. BECAUSE OF HEAVY GROUND, STOPES WERE FILLED W WASTE ROCK.

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 427 , 535 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 268 .

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit SEC 31 IS MENTIONED IN LITERATURE, ERRONEOUSLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey HOST ROCK TYPE
Updater 18-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey CHECKED.
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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