California · El Dorado County
Past Producer

Union-Church Mine

El Dorado County, California, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody formTabular
Ore controlErratic ore shoots within fissure-filling mesothermal gold-quartz veins
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Slate, Calcite
Geology
Host rockSlate · Mariposa Formation
StructureMelones Fault Zone
Tectonic settingMagmatic arc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10310688
Alternate namesSpringfield Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.64777, -120.82794
References
Busch, L.L., 2001, Mineral land classification of El Dorado County, California: California Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-03.Clark, L.D., 1964, Stratigraphy and structure of part of the western Sierra Nevada metamophic belt, California:U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 410, 70 p.Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 117.Clark, W.B. and Carlson, D.W., 1956, Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado County: California Division of Mines, California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 52, p. 413-429.Duffield, W.A., and Sharp, R.V., 1975, geology of the Sierra Foothills melange and adjacent areas, Amador County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 827, 30 p.Earhart, R.L., 1988, Geologic setting of gold occurrences in the Big Canyon area, El Dorado County, California: U.S. Geological Survey professional Paper 1576, 13 p.Irelan, W., Jr., 1887, El Dorado County, Springfield Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 6th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 43.Irelan, W., Jr., 1888, El Dorado County, Church Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 8th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 191-193.Logan, C.A., 1926, El Dorado County: California State Mining Bureau, 22nd Report of the State Mineralogist, p.413Logan, C.A., 1934, Mother Lode gold belt of California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 108, p. 21-22, 42-43.Logan, C.A., 1938, Mineral resources of El Dorado County: California Division of Mines, 34th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 251-253.Saleeby, J., 1982, Polygenetic ophiolite belt of the California Sierra Nevada: Geochronological and tectonostratigraphic development: Journal of Geophysical research, v. 87, n0. 8, p. 1803-1824.Tucker, W.B., and Waring, C.A., 1916, Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yuba counties: California State Mining Bureau, 15th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 283-299.Additional information on the Union-Church Mine is contained in File No. 339-8859 (CGS Mineral Resources Files, Sacramento)