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Herman Mine

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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 10086486
MRDS ID X024467
Record type Site
Current site name Herman Mine
Related records 10285839

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66102, 39.12045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 5 MI. S WESTVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(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 012E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST E 1/2 , NW 1/4 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66102, 39.12045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 67 SE
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deadwood

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVG. 50 TONS/DAY IN 1915 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFT.

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. 26 , 34 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 341 - 2 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 ), WARING ( 1917 ).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 3 - 10 FT. THICK.
Deposit PATENTED 1448 ACRES. ADJOINS SCHULTZ MINE TO NORTH, PRESUMED TO BE PART OF SAME VEIN. ; 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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