Grit

The Grit is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,841 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Grit  

State:  California

County:  El Dorado

Elevation: 1,841 Feet (561 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.95056, -120.91306

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Grit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grit
Secondary: Liddicoat
Secondary: Spanish Dry Diggings


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

Form: PINCH & SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): MASS OF CRYSTALLINE AU RECOVERED, WEIGHED 101.4 OUNCES TROY, CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF COARSE CRYSTALLINE PYRITE IS PRESENT. ALL ORE SINCE 1945 IS FROM WEST VEIN, MILL HEADS AVERAGED $18 PER TON AU IN 1952 .

Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC

Comment (Production): VERY PRODUCTIVE IN LATE 1850'S BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

Comment (Deposit): VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE, THREE PARALLEL VEINS UP TO 20 FT THICK.

Comment (Workings): UPPER WEATHERED ZONE HYDRAULICKED DEVELOPED BY 800 FT SE DRIFT ADIT WITH CROSS CUTS AND EXTENSIVE STOPING TO SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): IN MARIPOSA SLATE, SMALL PATCHES OF SERPENTINE ORE EXPOSED W OF W VEIN


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. 415 - 416 , 506 , 570 AND PL 10 .

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG 262 AND PL II.

Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1956 )


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