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Green Mountain

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086477
MRDS ID X024324
Record type Site
Current site name Green Mountain
Related records 10213209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03992, 39.20045 (WGS84)
Elevation 826
Relative position 2 MI. SE GRASS VALLEY ON OSBORNE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N;015N 008E;008E 35;01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. EST. SE 1/4 SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES ASSAY 3 OZ. AU/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03992, 39.20045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip W
    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 Grass Valley

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 90 % PRODUCTION IN 1906

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 453 .

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, J. B., WILTSEE, E. A., 1893 , NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11 , P. 285 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 278 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 579 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 3 PARALLEL, GREEN MTN. SANDERS & PAYDAY 3 % SULFIDES
Deposit SEE SULTANA ; 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

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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