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Gold Blossom

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007681
MRDS ID C012098
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Blossom
Related records 10285653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.13881, 38.90295 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 4 MI W AUBURN 2 MI. N NEWCASTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N;012 007E;008 12;07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2, NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 AND S 1/2 , NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 12 , SW 1/4 SEC. 7

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result CONC ASSAYS $17.55 - $255 AU/TON, $57.04 - $75.52 AG/TON, ORE ASSAYS 0.5 OZ AU, 245 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mutual Security Co.
    First year 1935

Production statistics

  • Year 1899
    Period 1896 - 1899
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 146.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, TUNNEL, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 23 - 24 , 29 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 339 - 340 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST. CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 278 .

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1894 , THE GOLD-SILVER VEINS OF OPHIR, CALIFORNIA: 14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2 , P. 270 .

  • Deposit

    5) GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 590 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 ) WARING ( 1917 ) GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 2 - 3 FT. THICK, SULFIDES 1 1/2 - 3 %.
Deposit INCLUDES MARION LODE, OHIO CLAIM, BACK ACTION AND GOLD BLOSSOM NO. 2 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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