The Barnes-Eureka Greenstone is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,496 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,496 Feet (456 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.67833, -120.88271
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Barnes-Eureka Greenstone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnes-Eureka Greenstone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: B. F. Baskin
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1894
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): ORIGINALLY WORKED PRIOR TO 1894; SOURCE OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD IN 1912; SOME WORK DONE ON PROPERTY IN 1936, AND WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE AGAIN DURING 1947-49
Comment (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3, P. 270 AND PL. II BOTH SHOW LOCATION IN SECS. 28 AND 33, 2 CLAIMS, 40 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): A 350-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AND ANOTHER 250-FT. SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 108, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 406, 486
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