The Big Sandy is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,991 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: 1,991 Feet (607 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.78889, -120.82000
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Big Sandy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Sandy
Secondary: James Marshall
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
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CRYSTALLINE GOLD IN POCKETS, DEPOSIT IN MARIPOSA SLATE, ON THE SURFACE NEAR SHAFT, THE FOOTWALL ROCK IS AN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST DIKE, AND THE SECTION ACROSS THE CLAIM SHOWS IN ORDER GOING EAST, BANDS OF PORPHYRY (ALTERED, OBSCURE) SOAPSTONE AND ANKERITE, TALCOSE SCHIST, VEIN MATTER 15 FT. WIDE COMPOSED OF STRINGER LEADS OF QUARTZ AND CARBONATES IN ALTERED SCHIST, AND MARIPOSA SLATE 50 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AND POCKETS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUT AND 340 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 60 , 120 , 227 , AND 323 . VEIN INTERSECTED BY SHAFT AT 240 FT, NUMEROUS DRIFTS.
Comment (Commodity): CRYSTALLINE GOLD FOUND
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1890S, 1930S
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 408 - 9 , 488 AND PL 10 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PG. 19 - 20 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT. STATE MIN., P. 281 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1935 )
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