Stuckslager Strucklager

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Vanadium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092328
MRDS ID M009158
Record type Site
Current site name Stuckslager Strucklager

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 38.78823 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 - 1 MILE SW OF LOTUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coloma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 011N 009E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 38.78823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beryl E. Mckenney

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED DURING 1860'S BY STUCKSLAGER FAMILY. PURCHASED DURING 1880'S BY MCKENNEY FAMILY WHO HAVE OPERATED IT INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. OPERATED 1935-1942 BY D. J. MCKENNEY AND IN 1955 E. J. MCKENNEY JR. WAS SINKING A SHAFT ON THE HILL ABOVE THE ADIT PORTAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 426, 533, AND PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NOTED FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF ROSCOELITE, A VANADIUM MICA. ROSCOELITE IS A VERY RARE MINERAL FOUND IN FEW OTHER PLACES IN THE U.S. WORKINGS MAY BE THE SHAFT AND ADIT SHOWN IN THE SE1/4 OF THE SECTION ON USGS QUAD. COLOMA, CALIF., 1950. HOLDINGS OF 50 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.