The Elder Mine is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,549 feet.
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
Elevation: 1,549 Feet (472 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.00472, -121.08861
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Elder Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elder Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Elder
Years: 1908 -
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
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNT OF MOLYBDENITE SHOWING IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Workings): 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): 300 ACRES IN PLACER COUNTY, AND 60 ACRES IN NEVADA COUNTY. MUCH CONFUSSION ON LOCATION, MANY REFERENCES DISAGREE. LOCATION ON THIS REPORT IS A APPROXIMATION BY THE POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCATION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL PROBABLY SLATE
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 210
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C. A., 1919 , PLACER COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 329 .
Reference (Deposit): 15TH REPT. OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 329
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