Brust

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 10007087
MRDS ID C008251
Record type Site
Current site name Brust
Alternate or previous names Asbestos, Gold Hill
Related records 10236661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79463, 38.83657 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position 1 MI. NE OF SPANISH FLAT, 1/2 MI. NW OF ROUND HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 011N 011E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79463, 38.83657

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINE FORMS NEARLY ROUND PLUG IN COUNTY ROCK OF SCHIST WITH GOLD AROUND PERIPHERY

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 1926 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 800 FT. ADIT

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. 491 AND PL. 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 22ND REPT. STATE MIN. PG. 412 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 259 AND PL. II.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, F

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.

Authoritative California resources

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