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Algol Mine Argall?

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032042
MRDS ID M012121
Record type Site
Current site name Algol Mine Argall?
Related records 10140188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19965, 38.9935 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES NE OF LINCOLN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 007E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.19965, 38.9935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Irrigation Dist.
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • 1860'S - 10 CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1901 AVE. 20% COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 134.11M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. DEEP SHAFT WITH 100 FT. DRIFT RUNNING NORTH. ANOTHER 120 FT. SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AT 50 AND 100 FT. LEVELS. CROSSCUT FROM ONE SHAFT 65 FT. WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 207 - 208

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A., 1919 , PLACER COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 327 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CHANNEL IS 50 - 60 FT. WIDE, THE MORE HIGHLY MINERALIZED PORTION CONSTITUTING THE ORE IS FROM 20 INCHES TO 10 FT. THICK, ORE OCCURS AS LENSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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