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Big Cliff

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034121
MRDS ID M020826
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cliff
Related records 10212717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6941, 40.0846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF GENESEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 011E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6941, 40.0846
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Genesee

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORK TO DEVELOP PROPERTY HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1920 - THOSE WERE TWO HOLES OR TUNNELS 20 - 40 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2; DIV. OF MINES, P. 126

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH OF LODE IS 6000 FT., LODE IS ALTERED META-ANDESITE, PORPHYRITIC AND IMPREGNATED WITH FINELY DISSEMINATED BORNITE.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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