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Wisconsin Qtz

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007278
MRDS ID C010978
Record type Site
Current site name Wisconsin Qtz
Alternate or previous names Menlo, Wisconsin-Illinois

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07104, 39.19156 (WGS84)
Elevation 744
Relative position 1.5 MI S GRASS VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(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 015N 008E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07104, 39.19156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 35 SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Period 1892 - 1900
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY EST. BY HOBSON OF $14/TON AU, $75 - $100/TON SULFIDES. AVG. AU CONTENT IN UPPER LEVELS EST 1 1/2 OZ/TON, CON. AVG. 4 1/2 %/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, DRIFTING, RAISE, INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 , P. 467 .

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, J. B., 1890 , NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10 , P. 375 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 163 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 82 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE ( 1918 ) HOBSON ( 1890 ) JOHNSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 1 FT THICK
Deposit PATENTED 13.76 ACRES FOOTE ( 1941 ) GROUPS WISCONSINW/ILLINOIS CLAIM IN SEC. 2 & 3 , TOTALING 29 ACRES. PART OF EMPIRE WEST CONS. GP. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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