The E. A. Bacon is a gold and silver mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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E. A. Bacon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: E. A. Bacon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): 4 1/2 MILLION YDS. GRAVEL WASHED PRIOR TO 1932; 10,000 YDS. WASHED EARLY 1940'S, RECOVERED 286 OZ. AU, 14 OZ. AG. DREDGED BY DRAGLINE LATE 1930'S. GRAVEL MINED 1941 BY BULLDOZER, STATIONARY WASHING PLANT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HYDRAULIC MINE. GRAVEL 5-40' THICK, CONTAINS 10% BOULDERS, 20% CLAY. ZIRCON OCCURS IN THE SANDS AT WALLACE (CONCENTRATION-128 LBS. ZIRCON PER TON OF BLACK SAND)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 189 AND PL. C; B. 135, P. 251
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 176, P. 708
Reference (Deposit): MANUAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAR MINERALS OF COUNTIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2ND ED., SEPT. 1, 1944, P. 28
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