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Griffith Cons

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101139
MRDS ID C008235
Record type Site
Current site name Griffith Cons
Related records 10210973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80296, 38.6849 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Relative position 1 1/2 MI SE OF DIAMOND SPRINGS ON S END OF RIDGE THERE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 011E 30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4 30 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECTED 500 FT ALONG VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE YIELDED FROM $4.25 TO $8 PER TON AU WITH FEW AREAS AT $65 PER TON AU AND UP TO 3 % SULFIDES.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80296, 38.6849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, WORKED ORIGINALLY IN 1850 , ACTIVE 1888 - 1890 , 1896 AND 1903

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 700 - 150 AND 253 FT SHAFTS AND 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. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 506 AND PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG. 25 - 26 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 262 AND PL II.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 5 - 12 FT THICK RUNS WITH THE SCHISTOSITY OF SLATE
Deposit INCLUDES GRIFFITH AND BRYANT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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