Nevada City

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007343
MRDS ID C011084
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05243, 39.27045 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Relative position 1 MI. W NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 016N 008E 02,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 11 , SW 1/4 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES AVG. $200 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05243, 39.27045

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HANGING WALL SYENITIC GRANITE, FOOT WALL SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, SHAFTS, EXTENSIVE DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, J. B., WILTSEE, E. A., 1893 , NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11 , P. 288 - 290

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 - 12 FT. THICK, AVG. 3 FT. 2 % SULFIDES
Deposit SEE CHAMPION GP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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