Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
El Dorado | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Coloma | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Placerville | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Sacramento | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
South Fork American | hydrologic unit |
Lower Sacramento | hydrologic accounting unit |
Sacramento | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) | CA | Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic |
Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains) | CA | Triassic to Late Jurassic |
Mesozoic volcanic rocks, unit 2 (Western Sierra Foothills and Western Klamath Mountains) | CA | Jurassic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
North Sierra Foothills | M-D | North Sierra Foothills 8481 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA |
Sacramento | M/R-D | Sacramento 5005 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
PC03 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic |
PC08 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic |
PC17 | Massive sulfide, Sierran kuroko | Jurassic |
PC40 | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein | Mesozoic |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Calaveras-Baker | Accretionary wedge | Western Cordillera |
Record | Type | Comment |
---|---|---|
McCurdy | ||
Simon South |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Mccurdy | Occurrence | CR |
Last Chance | Occurrence | AU |
Last Chance | Past Producer | AU |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Shelley Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
O\'Brien Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
Maxwell | Past Producer | California, United States |
Shelley Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
Simon | Past Producer | California, United States |
Mccurdy Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
Shelly Wolf | Occurrence | California, United States |
Simon | Occurrence | California, United States |
Mccurdy | Occurrence | California, United States |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Cascade Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America |
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |