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Camel Back

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029636
MRDS ID M007309
Record type Site
Current site name Camel Back
Alternate or previous names Voss

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05436, 38.8185 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. SW OF PILOT HILL ON BURNER HILL.

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 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05436, 38.8185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 32 E
    Dip 65 - 80 W
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 8.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aleta V. Coulet

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE AROUND 1920. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 25 FT. SHAFT, 123 FT. DRIFT ADIT, 165 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT. A PARALLEL VEIN 1/2 MI. E HAS 200 FT. AND 40 FT. SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. DIV.MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 479 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 : SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: 22ND REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 407 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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