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Sisley Sicily Mine

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032038
MRDS ID M012108
Record type Site
Current site name Sisley Sicily Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.15853, 38.8635 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF AUBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 007E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.15853, 38.8635
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE MINE IN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1936 - 1939
    Material Conc.
    Ore mined 58.06mt
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Produced 59 Tons Of Concentrates Containing Recoverable Pb And Cu In Addition To Au-Ag, Au-Ag Ratio 4 To 1 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1246.02M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2998 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 590 FT. OF CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 283

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 593

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK, GEOL. SOC. OF SACRAMENTO, 6/9-10, 1962, MAP FACING P. 34; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 3, 4, P. 593

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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