Georgia Slide

The Georgia Slide is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.

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: Georgia Slide  

State:  California

County:  El Dorado

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.93287, -120.84742

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Georgia Slide MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Georgia Slide
Secondary: Beattie and Parsons Cons.
Secondary: Blue Rock
Secondary: Mulvey Point
Secondary: Pacific


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: El Dorado


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR, PINCH & SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: $2 - $3 PER TON AU AVERAGE


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SEAM GOLD DEPOSIT IN LENTICULAR BODY OF HIGHLY WEATHERED GREEN CHLORITIC SILICEOUS SCHIST WITH SOME INTERBEDDED BLACK SLATE, STRINGERS OF QUARTZ FROM 1 IN. TO 1 FT. OR MORE IN THICKNESS, AVERAGE 1 - 2 INCHES. THERE WERE 5 BELTS OF SCHIST WHERE STRINGERS WERE MORE ABUNDANT THAN ELSEWHERE, EAST BELT WAS 35 FT. THICK. SEAM ZONE DIMENTIONS GIVEN.

Comment (Commodity): GOOD CRYSTALLINE GOLD PRESENT

Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1853 - 1895 , DIFFERENT CLAIMS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY BY HYDRAULICKING FROM 1860 - 1895 . ESTIMATED 3.5 MIL.-CUBIC-YDS. REMOVED FROM PIT.

Comment (Geology): SEAM BELT

Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ORIGINALLY WORKED SEPARATELY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1919 , EL DORADO COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT., 15TH REPT., STATE MIN., P. 286 .

Reference (Production): CLARK 1956

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. 570 AND 436 AND PL. 10 .


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