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Kelley Bros.

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029635
MRDS ID M007307
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Bros.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0677, 38.81711 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. N OF ALABASTER CAVE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(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 011N 008E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.0677, 38.81711
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CARRIES GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER. ONE LEDGE IS REPORTED TO YIELD ORE ASSAYING 5-11% COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 50, 1908, P. 212, AUBURN 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 560 ACRES OF PATENTED GROUND. NOTE: THIS IS AN OLD REFERENCE AND SUBSEQUENT PUBLICATIONS DO NOT REFER TO IT OTHER THAN ONE REFERENCE (DOM BULL. 144, P. 230) WHICH INCLUDES IT WITH OTHERS FOR THE KELLY MINE, SEC. 13, 11N, 10E, APPARENTLY IN ERROR. IF THE LOCATION FOR THE ALABASTER CAVE MINE (SECS. 10,15) IS CORRECT, THIS MAY NOT BE THE CORRECT LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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