The Nashville is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 981 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: 981 Feet (299 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.57944, -120.84111
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Nashville MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nashville
Secondary: Havilah
Secondary: Tennessee-Nashville
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
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: 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: CONTAINED 2 % PYRITE, SOME ORE DURING 1930'S AVERAGED $5 PER TON AU, ORE IN 1868 - 71 AVERAGED $3 - $15 PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LAST ORE FROM 1000 FT LEVEL STOPE 6 TO 15 FT THICK AND 80 FT LONG
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1851 , 1868 - 71 , 1880'S, 1894 , 1903 - 1906 ; 1934 - 1936 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FROM 5 TO 20 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 1200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT EVERY 100 FT
Comment (Geology): IN MARIPOSA SLATE
Comment (Deposit): MINE CONNECTED WITH MONTEZUMA WORKINGS TO N AND WORKED WITH IT AFTER 1904 . SAME VEIN THROUGH BOTH MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESOF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG 421 - 22 , 520 AND PL 10 .
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1956 ) LOGAN ( 1934 )
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG 27 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 233 , 265 AND PL II.
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