Wiley

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.93352, 38.7474 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 010 N 009 E 01 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.93352, 38.7474

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S30E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 12.2M
    Length 183M
    Width 18.3M
    Area 250HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip S30E:45S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 250
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1446

Comments on exploration

  • LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LILYAMA-PIONEER. THE GENERAL TENOR OF THE ORE IS LOW-GRADE.

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Number of Shafts 4
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    Number of Adits 4
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENSON,W.T.,1948,PRELIMINARY REPTON LILYAMA COPPER-GOLD MINI

  • Deposit

    EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.PP.7.AUBURY,L.E.,1908,THE COPPER RESOURC

  • Deposit

    CALIF.,CALIF.MIN.BUR BULL.50,P.212-213.COX,M.W.,WYANT,D.C.,H

  • Deposit

    ,GEOL.OF THE LILYAMA &PIONEER MINES,EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.MIN.

  • Deposit

    T.144,P.43-47,1948.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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