The Funny Bug Pendelco is a copper and gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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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
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Funny Bug Pendelco MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Funny Bug Pendelco
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. V. Montgomery
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE CONSISTS OF PARALLEL BANDS OF PYRITE & CHALCOPYRITE, ASSOCIATED WITH QTZ. AND MAGNETITE. BORNITE, SPECULAR HEMATITE, SPHALERITE, MOLYBENITE, ARSENOPYRITE, STIBNITE, AND GALENA ARE ALSO PRESENT.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUTS ON TWO LEVELS FROM A 200-FT. SHAFT SUNK NEAR THE MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE FROM 1928 TO 1942 AND YIELDED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND COPPER. IN 1953 PROPERTY LEASED TO CARL HOWE WHO DID SMALL AMOUNT OF REHABILITATION AND SURFACE EXPLORATION. A REPORTED SHIPMENT IN 1929 CONTAINED, BESIDES GOLD, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC, ANTIMONY, ARSENIC AND MOLYBDENUM
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 414, 481, 502; V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 444
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