The Sherman is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 38.73694, -120.79111
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Sherman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sherman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE MILLING ORE WITH 3 PER CENT PYRITE
Comment (Location): UTM EST., NW 1/4
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT W LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 , 500 , 750 . 350 FT WINZE SUNK FROM 750 FT LEVEL, 5500 FT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): 5 FT VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 267 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 38 .
Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956
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. 531 , 532 , PL 10 .
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