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Phoenix Park

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10007303
MRDS ID C011007
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix Park
Related records 10189019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0677, 39.17711 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.5 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

Alteration

  • (Local) Granodiorite Ankeritized

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM 0 - $100 AU/TON

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) -121.0677, 39.17711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 5.49M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE & APLITE DIKES EXPOSED IN WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grass Valley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT & WINZE, DRIFTS

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

    JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 82 - 83 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 18 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED 20.63 ACRES ; 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

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