| Deposit ID | 10115192 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M007389 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060170033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wiley |
| Alternate or previous names | Lilyama Copper Gold Mines, Pioneer-Lilyama |
| Related records | 10092027 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.93352, 38.7474 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 305 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | El Dorado |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 010 N | 009 E | 01 | SE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -120.93352, 38.7474 |
|---|
| Strike | S30E | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 45S | ||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 12.2M | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 183M | ||||||||||||||||
| Width | 18.3M | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | 250HA | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1446 |
| District name | Mother Lode Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Morning Star Mining Corp.-B. L. Jones-Pres. |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lilyama Copper-Gold Mining Co-Owned In 1948. |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Volo Associates - Reopened The Lilyama In 1943 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060170033 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M007389 | MAS references MRDS |
BENSON,W.T.,1948,PRELIMINARY REPTON LILYAMA COPPER-GOLD MINI
EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.PP.7.AUBURY,L.E.,1908,THE COPPER RESOURC
CALIF.,CALIF.MIN.BUR BULL.50,P.212-213.COX,M.W.,WYANT,D.C.,H
,GEOL.OF THE LILYAMA &PIONEER MINES,EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.MIN.
T.144,P.43-47,1948.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 22-MAY-1986 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.