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El Dorado

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077600
MRDS ID W025303
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado
Alternate or previous names Conner, Eureka
Related records 10140815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69666, 40.64235 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE S.W. OF TOWER HOUSE ON W. SIDE OF MILL CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 007W 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69666, 40.64235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 50 - 70 E
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Parallel Veins Along Contact, Between Slate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 450 FT, WINZE 50 FT., DRIFT 30 FT., RAISE 30 FT. STOPE TO TOP OF RAISE 50 FT.; ORE SHOOT 240 X 3 FT.; LOCATED 1885

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 785

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1914 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 247.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1912 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 540 , P. 56 - 57.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 18 , P. 405

  • Deposit

    5) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J. C. 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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