The Church is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,184 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: 1,184 Feet (361 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.64694, -120.82278
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Church MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Church
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Madre De Oro Gold Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1200-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS ON VEIN; 10 LEVELS; WINZE; DRIFTS; SURFACE PLANT EXTENSIVE.
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED ON SMALL SCALE IN 1850'S; CONSOLIDATED WITH UNION MINE IN 1860'S BUT LATER WORKED SEPARATELY; WORKED EXTENSIVELY 1880'S AND 1890'S; CLOSED DOWN IN 1907. REOPENED IN 1941 AND RECORDED PRODUCTION FOR THAT YEAR WAS 169 OZ. GOLD FROM 496 TONS OF ORE MILLED. IDLE SINCE 1942. BEST ORE WAS FROM KIDNEY (MIDDLE) VEIN, WHICH WAS AS HIGH IN GRADE AS $30 PER TON. THE WEST VEIN CONTAINED ONLY LOW-GRADE MATERIAL. SULFIDES FORMED 1 1/2 TO 2 1/4 PERCENT OF THE ORE AND ASSAYED AS HIGH AS $140 PER TON. PROBABLY INCLUDES THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND EL DORADO CLAIMS - CONTAINS 80 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 412-13, 493
Reference (Deposit): CJM&G V. 34, NO. 3, P. 260, PL. II
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