Cosumnes

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101158
MRDS ID C008510
Record type Site
Current site name Cosumnes
Alternate or previous names Melton, Middle End
Related records 10236224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.53462, 38.66462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. N OF GRIZZLY FLAT, JUST S. OF COSUMNES RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sly Park(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 009N 013E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED UP TO $25 PER TON AU WITH SULFIDE CONCENTRATES YIELDING $100 TO $200 PER TON AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.53462, 38.66462

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1880'S, 1894 , 1928 - 42 , 1942 - 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 380 FT. SW CROSSCUT ADIT AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF 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. 413 , 494 AND PL. 10 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES. VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 , P. 441 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALLED MELTON MINE IN EARLY OPERATIONS AND IN 1928 THE MIDDLE END MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, MOST OF ORE FROM MAIN OR MIDDLE END VEIN, DIPS STEEPLY, AVE 3 FT. IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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