The Iron Crown is a gold and copper mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Iron Crown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Crown
Secondary: Bob
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1902 AND AGAIN AROUND 1908. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION. WATER IS COPPER-BEARING.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF GOSSAN CAPPINGS AND COPPER BEARING VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM. EXTENDS SOUTH TO CONTRABAND (FORD) MINE. GOSSAN CAPPING IS 40 TO 300 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): A 75-FT. SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 230
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO, COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 481 .
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