Barnes-Eureka

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. 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 10006933
MRDS ID C007779
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes-Eureka
Alternate or previous names Greenstone, Barnes
Related records 10260314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88852, 38.68546 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Relative position 2 MI NE OF SHINGLE SPRINGS ON RIDGE E OF SLATE CREEK

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 28,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NW 1/4 OF 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN ON CONTACT BETWEEN FINE GRAINED METAVOLCANICS ON WAND SERPENTINE ON E, SERPENTINE EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL MILES N & S AS A DIKE IN GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR 1894 , 1912 , 1936 AND 1947 - 1949 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 350 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS ON 100 AND 200 FT. AND 250 FT. SHAFT TO S NUMEROUS SHALLOW OPENINGS.

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. 406 & 486 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PL 2 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 217 AND 258 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT. STATE MIN., P. 281 .

  • Production

    LOGAN 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. 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

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

Authoritative California resources

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