1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Omega

Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031956
MRDS ID M011867
Record type Site
Current site name Omega
Related records 10286091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76103, 39.3385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position W1/2 16; SE1/4 17

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(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 011E 16,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76103, 39.3385
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South Yuba Mining And Dev. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY WORKINGS REPORTED AS RICH WITH CLAIMS 100' BY 100' AVERAGING $8,000 EA. EARLY PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 13 1/2 MILLION YDS. GIVING AVERAGE OF 13 1/2? CU. YD. IN 1941, 429,637 CU. YDS. YIELDED 1302 OZ. GOLD, 49 OZ. SILVER; IN 1942 THE YIELD FROM 818,175 CU. YDS WAS 1749 OZ. GOLD, 54 OZ. AG

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC - 3 MONITORS IN 1941. COMPANY HAS WATER RIGHTS TO 5,000 MINERS INCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 135, SEC. IV., PP. 265, 266

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 433

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXVI, PP. 133-4; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 2, APRIL 1951, P. 347; 17TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 440

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1943 BEDROCK WAS CLEANED YIELDED 64 OZ. GOLD AND 2 OZ. SILVER. IT IS REPORTED COMPANY HOLDS 3000 ACRES OF LAND CONTAINING FROM 25 TO 30 MILLION CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL. OPERATIONS CARRIED ON BY GOLDFIELD CONS. MINES CO., IN 1949

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.