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Edison

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  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 10031917
MRDS ID M011724
Record type Site
Current site name Edison
Related records 10140225

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8977, 39.36545 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 010E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8977, 39.36545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL IS SCHISTOSE DIABASE, FOOT WALL IS SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mobley, William
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. IT IS REPORTED TO CARRY 3 1/2 PERCENT OF COPPER AND $3.25 IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 96.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 45 FT. DEEP; TUNNEL 240 FT.; AT THE FACE OF THE TUNNEL DRIFTS HAVE BEEN RUN ON THE VEIN 25 FT. AND 15 FT. IN LENGTH, RESPECTIVELY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 198 - 199

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 23

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 66

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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