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Vandalia

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 10006914
MRDS ID C007718
Record type Site
Current site name Vandalia
Related records 10162928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91296, 38.61823 (WGS84)
Elevation 393
Relative position 3 MI. S OF SHINGLE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 009N 010E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. W SIDE OF BIG CANYON. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISSEMINATED AURIFEROUS PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91296, 38.61823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HONEYCOMBED QTZ. AND FINE GRAINED SILICIFIED SCHIST. COUNTRY ROCK IS AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST. ORE BODIES ARE OVER 80 FT. THICK, 300 FT. WIDE, AND CUT THE SCHISTOSITY OF ENCLOSING RX. OXIDIZED ZONE EXTENDS TO DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT.

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 1885.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 17.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DRIFT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS. ALSO SHAFT 58 FT. DEEP, A WINZE.

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. 537 .

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, W., 1988 , EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CSMB 8TH REPT. STATE MIN., P. 172 , 173 .

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ORE SHOOTS
Deposit PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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