The Georgetown Area is a mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Georgetown Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Georgetown Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fee Land And Open Ground
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1849
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
Analytical Data: ASSAYS 0.02 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINITE AND PARTIALLY SERPENTINIZED PYROXENITE FORM NARROW N. TRENDING 8 MI. LONG BELT SITUATED 1 MT. E. OF GEORGETOWN. RED LATERITIC SOIL OCCURS IN PATCHES ON THE SERPENTINITE, AVERAGES A FEW FT. IN DEPTH, UP TO 10 FT. DEEP IN SECTION 12 . LATERITE AGGREGATE AREA IS PERHAPS MORE THAN 150 ACRES.
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE NOTED IN 1950'S, GOLD WAS FIRST MINED IN GEORGETOWN AREA IN 1849 , AND MINING CONTINUED INTO 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, WILLIAM B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 193 , P. 51
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, FRED W. JR., RYNEARSON, G.A. AND DOW, DONALD H., 1951 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 111 , CH. 4 , P. 107 - 167
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