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St. Helena

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034949
MRDS ID M022044
Record type Site
Current site name St. Helena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.78238, 38.63852 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI N OF OLD SILVER MOUNTAIN TOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Markleeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 30E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTH EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.78238, 38.63852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN VOLCANIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Mountain Ric T

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1977, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF. CDMG COUNTY REPT NO 8, P. 46

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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