The Sliger is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,900 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.94139, -120.93167
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Sliger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sliger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1934 - 1937
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
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU AS HIGH AS 925 IN FINENESS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 40 PERCENT FREE AU. ORE TENOR NEARLY UNCHANGED FROM 300 FT. LEVEL TO 2000 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 348 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4
Comment (Production): FROM 1932 - 1942 $2,625,000 WAS RECOVERED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1864.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 2000 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND OPEN STOPES.
Comment (Geology): SILICEOUS SLATE W. NUMEROUS QTZ. STRINGERS IN FAULT ZONE BETWEEN MARIPOSA SLATE FOOTWALL AND SERPENTINE BAND HANGING WALL. AMPHIBOLITE COUNTRY ROCK. ORE ZONE 30 FT. WIDE, LENSOID ORE SHOOTS W/O DEFINITE WALLS, BUT MERGING INTO LOWER GRADE ROCK. BELIEVED THAT AU BEARING SOLUTIIONS ROSE ALONG FAVORABLE SLATE BANDS TO THE FAULT WHERE THEY SPREAD TO FORM ORE SHOOTS. FINE DISSEMINATED PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., & CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , P. 425 , 426 , 532 , PL. 10 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 250 .
Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956
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