The Alhambra is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.82528, -120.79000
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Alhambra MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alhambra
Commodity
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
Form: POD-LIKE BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: East Of Main Shaft Fault Splits To With Two Branches That Strike Generally To Nw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NEAR E. MARGIN OF BELT OF MARIPOSA SLATE, VEIN IN FAULT ZONE AND CONSISTS OF STRINGS OF POD-LIKE BODIES OF QUARTZ IN CHLORITE-SERICITE SCHIST & SLATY SCHIST. SEVERAL SMALLER PARALLEL VEINS IN HANGING WALL. MAIN HANGING WALL AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, FOOTWALL GRAPHITIC-SERICITE-SCHIST AND SLATE. CALCITE AND SCHISTOSE DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH VEIN.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC CNTR JUNCTION OF SECS
Comment (Commodity): TWO HIGH GRADE POCKETS IN 1934 AT 90 FT, AND LARGE POCKET IN 1939 BETWEEN 225 AND 275 FT. LEVEL WORTH APPROX 550,000 , ANOTHER HIGH GRADE ORE POCKET IN 1949 YIELDED 324 OZ. OF AU. AT LEAST 50 % OF OUTPUT OF MINE FROM HIGH GRADE ORE. ORE SHOOT AT FAULT LENSOIDAL AND PLUNGED TO SE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 440 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 75 FT. SHAFT 600 FT. TO SE. THERE ARE 3000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS WITH MAIN LEVELS AT 125,225 , AND 400 FT. LEVELS WITH WINZE ON 400 FT. LEVEL TO ORE SHOOT ON 485 FT. SUB-LEVEL.
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. 402 - 405 , 484 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PL. 2 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 258 .
Reference (Production): CLARK & CARLSON 1956
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