The Veerkamp Gold Coin is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Veerkamp Gold Coin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Veerkamp Gold Coin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray A. Veerkamp
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 (Workings): A 180-FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 60 AND 97 FT.; ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 97-FT. LEVEL; SEVERAL ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMT. OF SHALLOW PROSPECTING IN EARLY DAYS. SOME ORE MINED FROM AN OPEN CUT IN 1933. FROM 1935 TO AROUND 1940 PROPERTY OPERATED BY A CANADIAN CONCERN; A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE AGAIN IN 1950. THE ORE CONTAINED ABOUT $12 PER TON AND SOME OF THE COUNTRY ROCK ENCLOSING THE QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINED UP TO $4 PER TON.SEVERAL POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WERE MINED DURING 1930'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 428, 537, AND PL. 10
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