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Pine Hill Mining Co

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007226
MRDS ID C010836
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Hill Mining Co
Alternate or previous names Golden Gate, Golden Gate Ext, Thrasher

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.13993, 39.07267 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1 MI. N WOLF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 007E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.13993, 39.07267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Trending N 50 W

Ore body information

  • Strike N 3 W
    Dip 62 NE
    Thickness 8.23M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN DESCRIBED AS NON-STAINED PORPHYRY & RHYOLITE, LIMONITE & HEMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spenceville

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL 2 - COMPARTMENT SHAFT, INCLINED SHAFTS, DRIFTS ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 88 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, BULLETIN NO. 50 , P. 199 - 200 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 27 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED 160 ACRES INCLUDES GOLDEN GATE, GOLDEN GATE EXT. & THRASHER CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. 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

Beyond USGS

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