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Barnes-Eureka Mine (Barnes Mine; Greenstone Mine), Shingle Springs, El Dorado Co., California, USA

Latitude: 38°41'8"N
Longitude: 120°53'15"W
A former Au mine located 3 miles NE of Shingle Springs.

Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite and metavolcanic rock.

Production data are found in: Logan (1938).

References

Tucker, W. Burling & C.A. Waring (1919), El Dorado County: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 281.

Logan, Clarence August (1934), Mother Lode Gold Belt of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 108, 221 pp.: Pl. 2.

Logan, Clarence August (1938), Mineral resources of El Dorado County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 34): 34(3): 217, 258.

Clark, Wm. B. & D.W. Carlson (1956), Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52(4): 406, 486, Pl. 10.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 218.

Mineral List

Gold
Hessite


2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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