The Blue Cat is a copper and gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Blue Cat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Cat
Secondary: Madelina
Secondary: Madeline
Secondary: Magdalena
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE PRIOR 1900
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ZONE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 90 & 100 FT CROSS CUTADITS, 100 FT DRIFT AND 105 FT SHAFT
Comment (Geology): ZONE 40 - 60 FT WIDE
Comment (Deposit): S EXTENSION OF NOONDAY MINE, WORKED FOR COPPER & LISTED IN RESOURCES AS PRODUCER OF CU ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 477 - 478
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