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Berkeley Prospect

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, Arsenic
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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 10031728
MRDS ID M011097
Record type Site
Current site name Berkeley Prospect
Related records 10188996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12326, 39.26933 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 8 MILES NW OF NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 008E 06,07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12326, 39.26933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE IS OF THE CALAVERAS SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Rough And Ready

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ronald Fraser
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 194.256HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 60 FT. SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 575 .

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 82

  • Deposit

    V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 575

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPLEX SULFIDE ZONE
Deposit SECONDARY ORE. COMPRISED 480 ACRES. ORE CONTAINS PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, SPHALERITE, GOLD, AND SILVER.

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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