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Blue Canyon

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038015
MRDS ID M045266
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Canyon
Related records 10158703

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71214, 39.25739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 19 MI EAST OF GRASS VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(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)

North Fork 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 016N 011E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR BLUE CANYON ADJACENT TO TOWN OF BLUE CANYON. PLACERS LIKELY ARE FOUND ALONG OTHER PARTS OF BLUE CANYON. PART OF PLACERED ARE MAY LIE WITHIN TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES YIELDED $2,623.20/TON (126.90 OZ/TON, 4,350 PPM) AU, $290.10/TON (9.67 OZ/TON, 332 PPM) PT, CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71214, 39.25739
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emigrant Gap District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PGM PRODUCTION NOT VERIFIED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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