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Lone Star

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 10006874
MRDS ID C007652
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star
Related records 10187615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84702, 38.6469 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position 1 MI SE OF NASHVILLE BTWN FORKS OF CONSUMNES RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 008N 010E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result APPROX 0.5 % SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84702, 38.6469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HEAVY GOUGE 1 FT THICK ON FOOTWALL

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 AROUND 1894

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 100 FT SHAFT AND 100 FT DRIFT

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 514 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , EL DORADO COUNTY; CALIF. MIN. BUR. 12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P 116 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 264 AND PL II.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

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