Shaw

The Shaw 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: Shaw  

State:  California

County:  El Dorado

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.70444, -120.87750

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Shaw MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Shaw
Secondary: Shan Tsz
Secondary: Volo


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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Comment (Production): MINED FROM 1940 - 1942 ON EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION 1946 - 1953 .

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SEAM

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 1000 FT LONG. 130 FT SHAFT. 400 FT X CUT ADIT AND 500 FT DRIFTS.

Comment (Commodity): $2 - 4/TON AU AVE, BUT RICH POCKETS FOUND NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN COUNTRY ROCK AND ORE BODY.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZITIC SCHIST WHICH LIES BETWEEN SLATE AND SCHIST, GENETICALLY INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN TRUE REPLACEMENT AND FISSURE VEIN. HOST ROCK CONTAINS SEAMS OF SECONDARY ALBITE AND QTZ AS WELL AS A FEW BASIC DIKES. ORE BODY AVERAGES ABOUT 100 FT THICK IN W GOLD BELT


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO. CALIF: CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL. VOL 52 , NO 4 , P 424 , 425

Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956


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