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Lonesome Pine

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034787
MRDS ID M021698
Record type Site
Current site name Lonesome Pine
Related records 10286737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76492, 39.52932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3 1/4 MI. SE OF DOWNIEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downieville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 011E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BEST ORE FOUND IN POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76492, 39.52932
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OF QTZ. & ALTERED WALL ROCK, SLATE HANGING WALL PORPHYRY FOOTWALL. PAPPOOSE MINE ADJOINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTANT PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA
    Overall length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 1 W 80 FT. OF DRIFT, 1 W 100 FT. OF DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 179 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 99 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE, 1920

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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