The White Rock is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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White Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rock
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): DRAGLINE DREDGE
Comment (Production): LAST OPERATED IN 1925-26. AREA WORKED IN PAST BY BOTH DRIFT AND SURFACE MINERS BUT IS SAID TO BE SPOTTY IN GOLD CONTENT. WATER SUFFICIENT FOR WASHING IS AVAILABLE ONLY ABOUT 3 MONTHS IN THE YEAR, DURING THE RAINY SEASON.
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY THE DREDGED AREA IN THE E1/2 SE1/4 SHOWN ON USGS QUAD. CLARKSVILLE, CALIF., 1953. PROBABLY CLAIMS SHOWN AS JUMBO. NO. 1 TO NO. 4, OWNED BY WHITE ROCK LAND, MINE, AND DREDGE CO., 80 ACRES LISTED ON P. 429 OF REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII. TOPO MAP SHOWS TAILINGS IN SE1/4 OF SEC.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 566
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII, P. 440
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