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Live Oak Ravine

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007732
MRDS ID C012290
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak Ravine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.94992, 39.04822 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 MI. NE WEIMAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

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 014N 009E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EST. ASSAYS $15 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.94992, 39.04822
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name New England Mills

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED 1935 - 1936 , GIVING GOOD ASSAYS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 2 PITS, TUNNEL, WINZE, SHAFTS

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. 27 , 45 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 343 .

  • Deposit

    CHANDRA, D. K., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORESTHILL QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 .

  • Production

    CHANDRA ( 1961 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit SOME OPEN PIT MINING 80 ACRES ; 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

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