The Mount Pleasant is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 3,848 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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.6375, -120.54028
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Mount Pleasant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Pleasant
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1904
Time Period: 1897 - 1904
Year: 1887
Time Period: 1881 - 1887
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: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BEST PAY SAID TO BE WITHIN GRANODIORITE, COPPER IN LOWER LEVELS
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NW 1/4
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1851 - 1874 , 1874 - 1914 , PROSPECTED AFTER 1914 , 1939 - 41
Comment (Deposit): BELT OF NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS IN CONTACT ZONE, 3 MAIN VEINS, STRIKE 2 - 10 E OF BELT STRIKE. MAIN VEIN FOR ORE IS EARLE VEIN ( 1 - 18 FT. THICK ), OTHERS ARE MT. PLEASANT ( 6 - 18 FT. ), MCKANE ( 1 - 14 FT. ) AND CHARLES ( 1/2 - 4 FT. )
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 1,065 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS, MOST OF DEVELOPMENT WAS N OF THIS SHAFT AND MAINLY ABOVE 850 FT. DEPTH, MORE THAN 9000 FT. OF DRIFTS, OTHER SHAFTS 300 TO 600 FT. DEEP.
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. 421 , 520 AND PL. 10 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR., 22ND REPT. STATE MIN., PG. 416 - 417 AND 431 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 241 - 242 , 265 AND PL. II.
Reference (Production): CLARK, ( 1956 ), LOGAN, ( 1926 )
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