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Mormon Hill

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006831
MRDS ID C007395
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon Hill
Related records 10162924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01075, 38.74851 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Relative position 4 MI NW OF RESCUE ON NW SLOPE OF MORMON HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(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 009E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NR CTR S 1/2 OF SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.01075, 38.74851
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE 1934 , 1938 - 41

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 110 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 80 FT OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT LEVEL

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 519 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 241 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 2 1/2 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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