The Sugar Loaf is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Sugar Loaf MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sugar Loaf
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sugar Loaf Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
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): FIRST WORKED DURING EARLY DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH; ACTIVE AGAIN IN 1880'S. PROSPECTED DURING EARLY 1920'S. SHAFT WAS SUNK DURING EARLY 1930'S AND SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS MINED. SINCE 1954 MINE HAS BEEN OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY BUTLER MNG. & DEV. CO. AND SOME HIGH GRADE ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS IN EARLY DAYS OF OPERATION; NOW WORKED BY 175-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 426, 534, AND PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II
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