The Grit is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,841 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: 1,841 Feet (561 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.95056, -120.91306
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Grit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grit
Secondary: Liddicoat
Secondary: Spanish Dry Diggings
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
Form: PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MASS OF CRYSTALLINE AU RECOVERED, WEIGHED 101.4 OUNCES TROY, CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF COARSE CRYSTALLINE PYRITE IS PRESENT. ALL ORE SINCE 1945 IS FROM WEST VEIN, MILL HEADS AVERAGED $18 PER TON AU IN 1952 .
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC
Comment (Production): VERY PRODUCTIVE IN LATE 1850'S BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
Comment (Deposit): VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE, THREE PARALLEL VEINS UP TO 20 FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): UPPER WEATHERED ZONE HYDRAULICKED DEVELOPED BY 800 FT SE DRIFT ADIT WITH CROSS CUTS AND EXTENSIVE STOPING TO SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): IN MARIPOSA SLATE, SMALL PATCHES OF SERPENTINE ORE EXPOSED W OF W VEIN
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. 415 - 416 , 506 , 570 AND 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 262 AND PL II.
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1956 )
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