Hazel Creek

The Hazel Creek is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 3,681 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hazel Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

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

Analytical Data: SULFIDES CONCENTRATES ASSAY UP TO $500 PER TON IN AU AND AG

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA, HIGH-GRADE ORE PRESENT WHERE TWO VEINS JOIN IN UPPER LEVELS AND WHERE CROSS VEIN INTERSECTS E VEIN. STOPE IN S PORTION OF CLAIM 300 FT. LONG, 50 FT. HIGH AND AVERAGES 10 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 OF SE 1/4 SEC.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, ACTIVE 1948 - LATE 1950'S (?), IN 1956 AVERAGING 30 - 40 TONS PER DAY.

Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERBEDDED SLATE AND GREEN SCHIST WITH SMALLER AMOUNTS OF QUARTZITE AND METACHERT, ALL ARE PART OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. A NUMBER OF POST-MINERAL DIKES OF FINE- TO MEDIUM-GRADE DIORITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE CUT BOTH THE VEINS AND COUNTRY ROCK.

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS ABOUT 40 FT. APART NEARLY PARALLEL, E VEIN 5 - 12 FT. THICK, W VEIN HAS VERTICLE DIP AND 5 - 6 FT. THICK, VEINS JOIN ABOVE ADIT PORTAL. NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO MAIN VEINS, ESPECIALLY IN S PORTION OF DEPOSIT. ABOUT 300 FEET SOUTH OF THE ADIT PORTAL, A SOUTHEAST-STRIKING CROSS VEIN SEVERAL FEET WIDE EXTENDS FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST VEIN. IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE MINE, THE EAST VEIN ENTERS A SHEAR ZONE WHERE THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF GOUGE. HERE THE STRIKE SWINGS TO THE EAST, AND THE WIDTH OF THE VEIN NARROWS TO LESS THAN A FOOT.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 500 FT. DRIFT ADIT DRIVEN S ON W VEIN AND 130 FT. INCLINED 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT SUNK ON W VEIN NEAR ADIT PORTAL, 100 FT. LEVEL IS 700 FT. LONG, MINED BY SHRINKAGE STOPING

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. 416 - 418 AND PL. 10

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