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Grass Valley Copper Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031669
MRDS ID M010824
Record type Site
Current site name Grass Valley Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.2666, 39.11545 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Far West(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 006E 26,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.2666, 39.11545
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spenceville

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1941 , 37 TH REPT. STATE MINEROLOGIST; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PL. 3 (MAP)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE COMPRISES 20.66 ACRES IN SEC. 26; MILL SITE, 4.99 ACRES IN SEC. 35. MINE IS NW OF SAN FRANCISCO COPPER MINE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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