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Hoge

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Production statistics
  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 10007509
MRDS ID C011443
Record type Site
Current site name Hoge
Alternate or previous names Great Northern Gold Mines, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99209, 39.28587 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. NE NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N;017N 009E;009E 05;32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4
  • Used California PLSS to place lat/long on section line between sections 5 and 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result CONC. ASSAYS $200 - $800/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99209, 39.28587
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE CONTACT 100 FT. FROM SHAFT

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1929 - 1941
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 5.44mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1.04mt

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE YIELD $12 AU/TON. TOTAL PRODUCTION $600,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, INCLINE, EXTENSIVE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 453 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 579 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 402 , 403 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 2 , AVG. 2 FT. THICK
Deposit 280 ACRES ; 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

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