Georgia Slide

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10086458
MRDS ID X017629
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Slide
Alternate or previous names Beattie and Parsons Cons., Blue Rock, Mulvey Point, Pacific

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.84742, 38.93287 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N;013N 010E;010E 03;34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD CRYSTALLINE GOLD PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $2 - $3 PER TON AU AVERAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 5 W
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEAM BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1853 - 1895 , DIFFERENT CLAIMS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY BY HYDRAULICKING FROM 1860 - 1895 . ESTIMATED 3.5 MIL.-CUBIC-YDS. REMOVED FROM PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 570 AND 436 AND PL. 10 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT., STATE MIN., P. 286 .

  • Production

    CLARK 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ORIGINALLY WORKED SEPARATELY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, SEAM GOLD DEPOSIT IN LENTICULAR BODY OF HIGHLY WEATHERED GREEN CHLORITIC SILICEOUS SCHIST WITH SOME INTERBEDDED BLACK SLATE, STRINGERS OF QUARTZ FROM 1 IN. TO 1 FT. OR MORE IN THICKNESS, AVERAGE 1 - 2 INCHES. THERE WERE 5 BELTS OF SCHIST WHERE STRINGERS WERE MORE ABUNDANT THAN ELSEWHERE, EAST BELT WAS 35 FT. THICK. SEAM ZONE DIMENTIONS GIVEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-79 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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