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Southern Cross

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Arsenic
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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 10086484
MRDS ID X024425
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73325, 39.17767 (WGS84)
Elevation 7315
Relative position 4 MI. NW DAMASCUS W DORER RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westville(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)

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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 011E 03,04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73325, 39.17767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 12 W
    Dip 62 NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Damascus

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, DRIFTING, STOPES, ADITS, SHAFTS. EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON SEVERAL LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 35 - 36 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 350 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , GOLD--PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 12 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 212 .

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 30 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 ).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, 2 1/2 , 4 AND 5 FT. THICK W/SULFIDES.
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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