The Hazel Creek is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 3,681 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: 3,681 Feet (1,122 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.7475, -120.52306
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Hazel Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hazel Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hazel Creek Mining Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
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
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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 (Workings): A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT ON WEST VEIN AND 130-FT. INCLINED 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT; STOPES; 30-TON FLOTATION MILL.
Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERBEDDED SLATE AND GREEN SCHIST WITH SMALLER AMTS. OF QUARTZITE AND METACHERT, ALL PART OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. ORE CONSISTS OF NATIVE GOLD WITH CONSIDERABLE AMTS. OF GALENA AND PYRITE IN QUARTZ, AND SMALLER AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE & SPHALERITE. THE FREE GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA. OPERATIONS CURTAILED IN 1958 BY A FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE MILL - MIS V. 13, NO. 2, P. 14. GEOLOGY OF HAZEL CREEK GOLD MINE, 1957, IRA E. KLEIN (KLEIN IS A GEOLOGIST WITH U.S. BUR. RECLAMATION AND COPY OF REPORT ON FILE WITH DOM, FERRY BLDG., SF. IN 1964 OWNERS WERE HARVEY WEST AND MRS. FAY GUNBY. PROPERTY HAD BEEN ABD. IN 1959; DRILLING STARTED AGAIN EARLY SEPT. 1963 BY ALLEGHENY MNG. CO. BUT WAS ABD. AFTER A FEW MONTHS. MINE REACTIVATED IN LATE 1964 BY ALASKA MINES & MINERALS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING BEGUN THE 1ST OF OCT. HAD REACHED DEPTH OF 758 FT. AND EXPLORATORY WORK WAS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WINTER - CALIF. MNG. JOUR. DEC. 1964, P. 15. APPARENTLY ACQUIRED BY MTN
Comment (Production): ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY SINCE DISCOVERY IN 1948 AND IS THE LARGEST GOLD MINING OPERATION IN THE COUNTY. IN 1954, 30 TO 40 TONS OF ORE PER DAY WERE BEING MINED AND MILLED. PRODUCTION IN 1956 YIELDED SOME LEAD AND ZINC IN ADDITION TO 2,651 OZ. OF GOLD AND 945 OZ. OF SILVER FROM CONCENTRATES. PRODUCED 250,000 PB. 1948 & 53
Comment (Deposit): COPPER CO AS THEY OBTAINED ORE LOAN OF 53,240, WITH 50% GOV'T PARTICIPATION, FOR EXPLORATORY CORE DRILLING - E & M J JAN. 1967, P. 136, 138
References
Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINES MIN. INF. SERVICE, V. 9, NO. 6, P. 8; V. 12, NO. 1, P. 2; ADD. REF. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 216
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 416-18, 508; V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 442
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1956, V. 3, PAGE 21
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