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Arctic Group

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036276
MRDS ID M025035
Record type Site
Current site name Arctic Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70825, 39.37322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 7 MI. NE WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Canyon(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;018N 011E;011E 02;35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC. NE 1/4 SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE RANGES $6 - $12 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70825, 39.37322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 55 - 65 E
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Washington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 117 - 118 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 384 - 385 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 8 PARALLEL VEINS ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO EAGLE BIRD-ETHEL SYSTEM. ARCTIC & GOLDEN RULE VEINS ARE MOST IMPORTANT. ARCTIC: 1 - 30 FT. THICK, AVG. 5 FT., SMALL PERCENT. SULFIDES W/ FREE GOLD. GOLDEN RULE: DIPS 60 W, AVG. 15 FT. THICK, SULFIDES TO 7.5 %.
Deposit COMPRISED OF PATENTED WASHINGTON CHIEF NOS. 1 & 2 , AND LOCATIONS CANON MASCOT, ARCTIC, NORTH ARCTIC, SOUTH ARCTIC, WEST ARCTIC, GOLDEN RULE, NORTH GOLDEN RULE, GOOD LUCK, SIRUS, AND SIRUS EXTENSION. AREA ABOUT 228 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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