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Belle Union

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007740
MRDS ID C012303
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Union

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.94159, 39.01767 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 MI. SE 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 009E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. W 1/2 , SE 1/4 AND E 1/2 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.94159, 39.01767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN 8 FT. BROKEN MASS OF SLATE AND QUARTZ

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Jones
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CROSS-CUT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 332 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD - PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 273 - 4 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 8 FT. THICK
Deposit 2 REFS GIVE 2 MI. SE & 3 1/2 MI. SE WEIMAR. ; 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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