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Dalmatia Kelly

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029977
MRDS ID M007834
Record type Site
Current site name Dalmatia Kelly
Related records 10285416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.80268 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 - E. OF KELSEY.

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 010E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.80268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. F. I. Bell (Estate)
    Home office C/O Jay R. Fogal

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1880'S, 1890-94 & AGAIN AROUND 1935. A 2FT. VEIN CONTAINED $16 PER TON; A POCKET YIELDED $14,000; THE SEAMS YIELDED $2 TO $3 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED BY OPEN CUT 500 FT. LONG; LATER DEVELOPED BY 200-FT. INCLINED SHAFT & 1200FT. ADIT; HUNTINGTON MILLS & 10-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 496, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 260

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS OF 102 ACRES. THIS WAS THE FIRST MINE IN CALIFORNIA TO USE ELECTRICITY FOR OPERATION OF MINE AND MILLING MACHINERY.

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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Authoritative California resources

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