The Lilyama Copper Gold Mines is a mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7475, -120.93250
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Lilyama Copper Gold Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lilyama Copper Gold Mines
Secondary: Wiley
Secondary: Pioneer-Lilyama
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Volo Associates - Reopened The Lilyama In 1943
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Lilyama Copper-Gold Mining Co-Owned In 1948.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Morning Star Mining Corp.-B. L. Jones-Pres.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1446
Discovery Year: 1870
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
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LILYAMA-PIONEER. THE GENERAL TENOR OF THE ORE IS LOW-GRADE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENSON,W.T.,1948,PRELIMINARY REPTON LILYAMA COPPER-GOLD MINI
Reference (Deposit): EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.PP.7.AUBURY,L.E.,1908,THE COPPER RESOURC
Reference (Deposit): CALIF.,CALIF.MIN.BUR BULL.50,P.212-213.COX,M.W.,WYANT,D.C.,H
Reference (Deposit): ,GEOL.OF THE LILYAMA &PIONEER MINES,EL DORADO CO.,CALIF.MIN.
Reference (Deposit): T.144,P.43-47,1948.
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