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W.Y.O.D. Qtz

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10007473
MRDS ID C011336
Record type Site
Current site name W.Y.O.D. Qtz
Alternate or previous names Work Your Own Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0552, 39.20656 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position SE 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 016N 008E 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.0552, 39.20656
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Is Banded

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, SEAM
    Strike N 6 W
    Dip 38 SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SOME HIGH GRADE ORE YIELDED 7 - 8 % SULFIDES, $250 - $300/TON. SOME PRODUCTION DATA MAY BE INCLUDED W/PENNSYLVANIA MINE, SEE MACBOYLE ( 1918 ) P. 234 - 235 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1158.24M
    Overall depth 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, RAISES, DRIFTING

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. 468 .

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, J. B., 1890 , NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10 , P. 379 - 380 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 267 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 234 - 236 .

  • Production

    HOBSON ( 1890 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 18 IN THICK W/AVG. 3 % SULFIDES
Deposit PATENTED 16.24 ACRES SEE PENNSYLVANIA ; 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

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