The Shaw Shan Tsz, Volo is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Shaw Shan Tsz, Volo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shaw Shan Tsz, Volo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Volo Mining Co.
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 (Production): ACTIVE DURING 1880'S AND AGAIN AROUND 1915. VOLO MNG. CO. LEASED PROPERTY IN 1940 AND DURING 1941-42 SOME GOLD ORE MINED ON EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. SHUT DOWN IN 1942 BUT MILL REMAINED ACTIVE. REOPENED IN 1946 AND OPERATED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1953.
Comment (Workings): ORIGINALLY WORKED BY 135-FT. SHAFT, 400 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT, 300 FT. DRIFT S AND 200-FT. DRIFT NORTH. AFTER 1940, WORKED BY OPEN CUT NOW ABOUT 1,000 FT. LONG 100 TO 150 FT. WIDE AND 20 TO 50 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED AS UNDERGROUND MINE UNTIL 1940. PYRITE, CALCITE AND TALC ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLD. ORE IS LOW GRADE, CONTAINING $2 TO $4 PER TON. DEPOSIT CONTAINS SEAMS OF SECONDARY ALBITE AND QUARTZ AS WELL AS A FEW BASIC DIKES. RICH POCKETS OF FREE GOLD HAVE BEEN FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 424-25, 531, PL. 10
Reference (Deposit): CJM&G V. 34, NO. 3, P. 267
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 108, PL. 2; 12TH REPT. P. 114.
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