The Gentle Annie is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.74806, -120.80333
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Gentle Annie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gentle Annie
Secondary: Claims: Accidental
Secondary: Belle Humming-Bird
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Jackson
Secondary: Lion
Secondary: Logan
Secondary: Mcneil
Secondary: Napier
Secondary: Poverty Point
Secondary: Sobrante
Secondary: S. Extension of Napier and Surplus
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 2 TO 2 1/2 % SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): SEE RIVER HILL ALSO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS FROM 50 TO 80 FT. APART AND FROM 10 TO 40 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 300 FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTING
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ INTERSTRATIFIED WITH BLACK SLATE
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. 503 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , EL DORADO COUNTY: 12TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., P. 111 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , EL DORADO COUNTY: 13TH REPT. OF STATE MIN. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., PG. 141 - 142 .
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.
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