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Grand Victory

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007085
MRDS ID C008244
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Victory
Related records 10284838

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76074, 38.67462 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position DEPOSIT ON SQUAW CREEK 4 MI SE OF DIAMOND SPRINGS

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)

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 010N 011E 33,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 SEC 33 INTO 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUCH OF EARLIER ORE MINED WAS FROM WEATHERED MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1885 ORE AVERAGED $2 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76074, 38.67462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Acid Dikes Parallel To Ore Bodies And Diorite Dikes Strike N 58 E, N 51 E, S 77 E Batholith Affects County Rocks At Depth.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCKS INCLUDE SILICIFIED SCHIST SLATE, QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE OF CALAVERAS GROUP LIMESTONE BODIES STRIKE N 70 E AT DEPTH AND ARE 12 - 33 FT THICK. MINE WITHIN 1/2 MI OF SURFACE EXPOSURE OF GRANODIORITE BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE 1879 - 1890 1894 - 1901

Comments on the production information

  • ALL GOLD UP TO 1883 REMOVED FROM OPEN CUTS, FIRST WORKED 1857 - 1901 , 1933 - 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 117.35M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 500 FT DRIFT ADIT AND OPEN CUTS. 400 FT INTO ADIT PARTAL IS WINZE WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 AND 300 FT SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

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 - 415 , 505 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. 231 - 232 , 262 AND PL II.

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1938 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, STRIKE OF ORE BODIES VARIES FROM NW TO NE AND MAY CUT SCHISTOSITY OF ENCLOSING ROCKS

Reporter information

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

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