The Rip and Tear is a copper 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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Rip and Tear MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rip and Tear
Secondary: Dodson
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. H. Dodson
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: 10 % CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY WORKED IN 1860'S. SHAFT REOPENED AND TWO CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1918. PROPERTY LEASED IN 1943 AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. IDLE SINCE.
Comment (Workings): A 100 FT. MAIN SHAFT AND DRIFTS; A 40-FT. SHAFT ON SAME PROPERTY ABOUT A MILE TO THE NORTH OF THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): BANDS AND STRINGERS OF MASSIVE PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 398 - 399 , 483 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 231 .
Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956 , P. 398
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