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Telegraph

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007493
MRDS ID C011358
Record type Site
Current site name Telegraph

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04742, 39.201 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position ON OPHIR HILL, E 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 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04742, 39.201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 35 W
    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

  • AVG. 2 1/2 - 4 1/2 OZ. AU/TON AND 5 - 8 OZ. AG/TON CONCENTRATE ORE AVG. $20 - $50/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, J. B., WILTSEE, E. A., 1893 , NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11 , P. 282 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 86 .

  • Production

    JOHNSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 FT. THICK, QUARTZ IS COMB, MASSIVE & SHEARED SULFIDES COMPOSE 2 % OF VEIN MATERIAL.

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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Authoritative California resources

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