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Green Lead

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031662
MRDS ID M010809
Record type Site
Current site name Green Lead
Alternate or previous names Eureka Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.25187, 39.17295 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF SPENCEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 006E 01,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite 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 > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.25187, 39.17295
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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 Spenceville

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mary E. Mooney

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED MANY YEARS AGO. ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO SAN FRANCISCO AT VARIOUS TIMES. PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 POUNDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, EACH ABOUT 160 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 196

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MIXED RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 85

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 450

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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