The French is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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French MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French
Secondary: Nagler
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL OUTPUT IN EXCESS OF $500,000 , ACTIVE PRIOR 1874 AND DURING 1890'S
Comment (Deposit): SEAM DEPOSIT, SEAM ZONE VEIN - VEIN SHOWED MINERALIZED SCHIST WITH 2 FT. OF SOLID QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT SUNK IN EARLY DAYS AT VEIN INTERSECTION THEN DEVELOPED BY HYDRAULICKING IN PIT 80 FT. DEEP
Comment (Geology): SEAM DEPOSIT WITH PORPHYRY TO W AND SLATE TO E
References
Reference (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. 567 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , PG. 45 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 261 .
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1956 )
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