Mitchell Prospect

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10006832
MRDS ID C007397
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Prospect
Related records 10236428

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02575, 38.73296 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NW OF PINE 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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN IS STATED TO CARRY FAIR GOLD CONTENT FOR 110 FT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02575, 38.73296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 150 FT ADIT

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 518 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 238 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 TO 10 FT THICK
Deposit SOME ADDITIONAL CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 8 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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