| Deposit ID | 10007655 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | C011943 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ethel Gold Mining Co. |
| Alternate or previous names | Ethel & So. Ethel |
| Related records | 10116031 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.71603, 39.38239 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 4 MI. NE OMEGA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nevada(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Graniteville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Truckee(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)
Federal lands
Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Nevada |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 018N | 011E | 35,26,34 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 4 (Klamath Mountains and Northern Sierra Nevada) |
|---|
| Strike | N |
|---|---|
| Dip | 37 E |
| Thickness | 2.74M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Washington |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1907 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1905 - 1907 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | C011943 |
LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 , P. 397 - 399 .
MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 166 .
CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 242 - 243 .
LOGAN, 1941
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PATENTED 40.07 AC, 2 CLAIMS, ETHEL & SO. ETHEL. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN REPORTS AS TO LOCATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | VEIN, 1 - 9 FT. THICK, 2 1/2 % SULFIDES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1979 | Bowman, J. And Albers, J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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