The Shaw is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Shaw MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shaw
Secondary: Shan Tsz
Secondary: Volo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Production): MINED FROM 1940 - 1942 ON EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION 1946 - 1953 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SEAM
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 1000 FT LONG. 130 FT SHAFT. 400 FT X CUT ADIT AND 500 FT DRIFTS.
Comment (Commodity): $2 - 4/TON AU AVE, BUT RICH POCKETS FOUND NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN COUNTRY ROCK AND ORE BODY.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZITIC SCHIST WHICH LIES BETWEEN SLATE AND SCHIST, GENETICALLY INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN TRUE REPLACEMENT AND FISSURE VEIN. HOST ROCK CONTAINS SEAMS OF SECONDARY ALBITE AND QTZ AS WELL AS A FEW BASIC DIKES. ORE BODY AVERAGES ABOUT 100 FT THICK IN W GOLD BELT
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO. CALIF: CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL. VOL 52 , NO 4 , P 424 , 425
Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956
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