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California

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  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 10007670
MRDS ID C012002
Record type Site
Current site name California
Alternate or previous names Great Eastern

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50991, 39.40378 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 3/4 MI SW SUMMIT CITY SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

English Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 013E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS INDICATE PAYABLE ORE FROM $9/TON UP

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50991, 39.40378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Meadow Lake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY ESTIMATED AT $39.88 AU/TON. 1901 ALLEGED $1000 IN SINGLE GOLD PAN OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, TUNNEL, OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1924 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 20 , NO. 4 , P. 358 - 359

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1924 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit SEE GREAT EASTERN ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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