The El Dorado is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.6425, -122.69556
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El Dorado MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Dorado
Secondary: Conner
Secondary: Eureka
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: French Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): ADIT 450 FT, WINZE 50 FT., DRIFT 30 FT., RAISE 30 FT. STOPE TO TOP OF RAISE 50 FT.; ORE SHOOT 240 X 3 FT.; LOCATED 1885
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 785
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1914 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 247.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1912 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 540 , P. 56 - 57.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 18 , P. 405
Reference (Deposit): 5) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J. C. 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
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