The Hart is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,060 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: 2,060 Feet (628 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.86778, -120.85222
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Hart MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hart
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 (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED AT FIRST BY HYDRAULICKING WITH PIT 40 FT. DEEP, THEN BY AN ADIT, 2 DRIFT ADITS, 2 SHAFTS OF 200 AND 300 FT. DEPTH, DRIFTS AND RAISES ALSO
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SEAM BELT, FOUR PARALLEL SYSTEMS OF VEINS AND STRINGERS PARALLEL TO SEAM ZONE DIMENTIONS GIVEN ARE FOR SEAM BELT ( 600 , 12 )
Comment (Geology): SEAM DEPOSIT, LATER VEIN DEPOSIT OF VEINS IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): MINE IN SEAM BELT JUST N OF SPLIT IN MOTHER LODE BELT AT GARDEN VALLEY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): AVERAGE GOLD RECOVERY FOR 4 YEARS PRIOR TO 1938 WAS $5 PER TON
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT IN CALIF.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , PG. 47 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 233 .
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. 436 - 437 , 570 AND PL. 10 .
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