Josephine

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101148
MRDS ID C008308
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine
Alternate or previous names Shields
Related records 10188273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78991, 38.98822 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position JUST N OF VOLCANOVILLE
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 011E 07,08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NE 1/4 7 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOOTS UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78991, 38.98822

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ACTIVE 1889 - 1890 , 1896 , 1920 AND 1934 - 1935 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 DRIFT ADITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS C008308

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 511 & PL. 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 263 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH RIBBON STRUCTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey