| 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 |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | El Dorado |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 012N;013N | 010E;010E | 03;34 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | $2 - $3 PER TON AU AVERAGE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Centroid (1) | Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains) |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | X017629 |
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 .
TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT., STATE MIN., P. 286 .
CLARK 1956
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-79 | Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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