Funny Bug

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006926
MRDS ID C007744
Record type Site
Current site name Funny Bug
Alternate or previous names Pendelco
Related records 10259989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89296, 38.74823 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Relative position ON N SIDE OF WEBER CREEK 5 MI W NW OF PLACERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(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 010N 010E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS OF PARALLEL BANDS OF PYRITE CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ AND MAGNETITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS VARIABLE FOR AU AND 1 - 10 % OR MORE CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89296, 38.74823

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 80 E
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS LIE IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONE OF GREENSTONE, MICA SCHIST, AND GRANODIORITE

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 1928 - 1942 , 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUTS ON TWO LEVELS FROM A 200 FT SHAFT SUNK NEAR MAIN VEIN WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS.

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. 414 , 481 , 502 , 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. 242 AND 266 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 MAIN VEINS & FRACTURES IN AUGITE DIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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