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Consumnes

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037064
MRDS ID M030164
Record type Site
Current site name Consumnes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.60101, 38.5999 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 13.5 MILES SE OF PLACERVILLE, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Omo Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 009N 012E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result MOS2 = 0.08 - 0.83 %
Result CU = 0.28 - 3.09 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.60101, 38.5999
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED BUT NOT RECORDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE ADITS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, A RAISE AND SEVERAL WINZES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON AND TATLOCK; 1965 ; IN MOLY OCCURRENCES OF THE U.S., USGS BULL. 1182 - E, P. 35 - 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

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