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Shaw

Past Producer in El Dorado 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. 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 10101092
MRDS ID C007763
Record type Site
Current site name Shaw
Alternate or previous names Shan Tsz, Volo
Related records 10139084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87852, 38.70434 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 3/4 MI NW OF EL DORADO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(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 010N 010E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $2 - 4/TON AU AVE, BUT RICH POCKETS FOUND NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN COUNTRY ROCK AND ORE BODY.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87852, 38.70434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 85 SE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZITIC SCHIST WHICH LIES BETWEEN SLATE AND SCHIST, GENETICALLY INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN TRUE REPLACEMENT AND FISSURE VEIN. HOST ROCK CONTAINS SEAMS OF SECONDARY ALBITE AND QTZ AS WELL AS A FEW BASIC DIKES. ORE BODY AVERAGES ABOUT 100 FT THICK IN W GOLD 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

  • MINED FROM 1940 - 1942 ON EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION 1946 - 1953 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 1000 FT LONG. 130 FT SHAFT. 400 FT X CUT ADIT AND 500 FT DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO. CALIF: CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL. VOL 52 , NO 4 , P 424 , 425

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, SEAM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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