Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlBest Ore Contained Equal Parts Of Albite, Ankerite And Quartz With Albite Favorable For Gold Deposition
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueAlbite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockMetasedimentary Rock,Serpentinite · Calaveras Complex
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1893 - 1901 , 1934 - 1940
Identification
Deposit ID10006918
MRDS IDC007727
Alternate namesOro Fino
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6109, -120.90602
References
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. 408 & 487 AND PL 10 .LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 220 - 223 , 238 AND PL II.CLARK 1956