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Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10007695
MRDS ID C012154
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish
Alternate or previous names Central Cons. Humbug
Related records 10140289

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12547, 38.9035 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. WNW AUBURN

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 008E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12547, 38.9035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE
    Thickness 4.88M

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 Reed (Estate) ; Jose Silva, Et. Al.
    First year 1935

Production statistics

  • Year 1874
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUES FROM SPANISH VEIN . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

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. 43 .

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1894 , THE GOLD-SILVER VEINS OF OPHIR, CALIFORNIA: 14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2 , P. 268 , PL. 17 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 351 , PL. FACING P. 318 .

  • Production

    LINDGREN ( 1894 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 16 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED 19 ACRES. FIRST LEASED ON PEACHY HILL CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY. LATER INCLUDED W/CENTRAL CONS. HUMBUG ; 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

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