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Beebe

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006974
MRDS ID C007911
Record type Site
Current site name Beebe
Alternate or previous names East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside-Eureka
Related records 10115502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8363, 38.91072 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position ON N SIDE OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 012N 010E 02,03,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NW CNR 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8363, 38.91072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEEBE-EUREKA VEIN IS SILICIFIED AND MINERALIZE ZONE IN SCHIST FROM 5 TO 50 FT THICK WITH AVERAGE AT 12 - 15 FT ON FOOTWALL OF ONE ZONE THERE IS A DIORITE DIKE 1 - 2 FT IN WIDTH. A NUMBER OF NARROW BASIC DIKES ARE ALSO IN ORE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1939

Comments on the production information

  • EUREKA CLAIM WORKED FROM EARLY DAYS OF GOLD RUSH AND AT INTERVALS UNTIL 1908 . BEEBE CLAIM FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1917 GOLD PRODUCED AFTER 1939 FROM CLEANUP OPERATIONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS, EUREKA, OLD BEEBE AND BEEBE NO. 2 LEVELS AT 130 , 250 , 320 , 500 , 600 AND 700 FT EXTENSIVE DRIFTING, STOPING AND OTHER WORKINGS SHRINKAGE STOPING USED.

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 - 408 , 486 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG 17 - 19 , 207 - 211 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 217 - 218 , 258 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit CONSOLIDATION OF NUMBER OF 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 ADDED DIORITE TO HOST ROCK TYPE.
Updater 17-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan 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

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