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Gold Hill

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  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 10007354
MRDS ID C011107
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Nevada City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03882, 39.26072 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position 1 1/2 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 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES ASSAY $80 - $225 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03882, 39.26072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 33 - 49 E
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN SYENITIC GRANITE HANGING WALL AND PARTIALLY METAMORPHASED SLATE FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 533.4M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNEL 5000 FT. LONG, DRIFTS & STOPES.

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 .

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, W., JR., 1888 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8 , P. 419 - 420 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 - 12 FT., AVG 3 FT. THICK 2 % SULFIDES
Deposit SEE CHAMPION. CONSOLIDATION OF TWO CLAIMS ; 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.

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