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Sharp Mng. Co.

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007543
MRDS ID C011520
Record type Site
Current site name Sharp Mng. Co.
Related records 10188979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.00159, 39.24267 (WGS84)
Elevation 920
Relative position 2 MI E NEVADA CITY

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 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 009E 17,18,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NE 1/4 NE 1/4 19

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.00159, 39.24267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Glencoe-Orleans Vein In Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Thickness 5.49M
    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

  • ORE EST $60/TON FROM ENTERPRISE SHOOT, $35 - $60/TON FROM GREENMAN, $7 - $25/TON FROM HICKSON EST. YIELD FROM GLENCOE-ORLEANS VEIN $6 - $12 ORE/TON. EST. $16 AU/TON FROM KELLOGG.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS, SHAFTS TUNNEL, INCLINE, DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P 244 - 245

  • Production

    MACBOYLE ( 1918 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, AVG. 2 - 4 FT. THICK
Deposit 120 ACRES. INCLUDES GREENMAN; KELLOGG, RED ROSE, BEN HARRISON, BUTTERFLY, SHARPE, GLENROE EXTENSION, ENTERPRISE & HICKSON CLAIMS. ; 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

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