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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Mercury, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031694
MRDS ID M010897
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10325, 39.03656 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR NICKERSON RANCH BETWEEN WOLF AND DRY CREEKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(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 014N 008E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10325, 39.03656
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • APPARENTLY NEVER DEVELOPED AS NONE OF THE LATER MATERIAL PUBLISHED BY THE STATE MAKES MENTION OF EITHER OF THESE DEPOSITS.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. G. S. GEOL. ATLAS, 1895 ; SMARTSVILLE, CALIF., FOLIO 18 , LAST PAGE OF TEXT; AND ON ECONOMIC MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS SPARINGLY SCATTERED THROUGH A QUARTZOSE AND DOLOMITIC GANGUE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND QUARTZITE.

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

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