The Beebe is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.91083, -120.83528
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Beebe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beebe
Secondary: East Lode
Secondary: Brooklyn
Secondary: Iowa
Secondary: Woodside-Eureka
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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 (Location): UTM ACC NW CNR 11
Comment (Production): EUREKA CLAIM WORKED FROM EARLY DAYS OF GOLD RUSH AND AT INTERVALS UNTIL 1908 . BEEBE CLAIM FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1917 GOLD PRODUCED AFTER 1939 FROM CLEANUP OPERATIONS.
Comment (Deposit): CONSOLIDATION OF NUMBER OF CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS, EUREKA, OLD BEEBE AND BEEBE NO. 2 LEVELS AT 130 , 250 , 320 , 500 , 600 AND 700 FT EXTENSIVE DRIFTING, STOPING AND OTHER WORKINGS SHRINKAGE STOPING USED.
Comment (Geology): BEEBE-EUREKA VEIN IS SILICIFIED AND MINERALIZE ZONE IN SCHIST FROM 5 TO 50 FT THICK WITH AVERAGE AT 12 - 15 FT ON FOOTWALL OF ONE ZONE THERE IS A DIORITE DIKE 1 - 2 FT IN WIDTH. A NUMBER OF NARROW BASIC DIKES ARE ALSO IN ORE ZONE.
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 406 - 408 , 486 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG 17 - 19 , 207 - 211 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 217 - 218 , 258 .
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