The Stuckslager Strucklager is a gold and vanadium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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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
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Stuckslager Strucklager MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stuckslager Strucklager
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Beryl E. Mckenney
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 (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS NOTED FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF ROSCOELITE, A VANADIUM MICA. ROSCOELITE IS A VERY RARE MINERAL FOUND IN FEW OTHER PLACES IN THE U.S. WORKINGS MAY BE THE SHAFT AND ADIT SHOWN IN THE SE1/4 OF THE SECTION ON USGS QUAD. COLOMA, CALIF., 1950. HOLDINGS OF 50 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY WORKED DURING 1860'S BY STUCKSLAGER FAMILY. PURCHASED DURING 1880'S BY MCKENNEY FAMILY WHO HAVE OPERATED IT INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. OPERATED 1935-1942 BY D. J. MCKENNEY AND IN 1955 E. J. MCKENNEY JR. WAS SINKING A SHAFT ON THE HILL ABOVE THE ADIT PORTAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 426, 533, AND PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268
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