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Docile

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086540
MRDS ID X025452
Record type Site
Current site name Docile
Alternate or previous names Loosner
Related records 10140826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82492, 39.471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1 MI E OF ALLEGHANY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 010E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ON N BANK OF KANAKA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonatized Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82492, 39.471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 29 W
    Dip 40 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATTITUDE OF PRINCIPAL VEIN IN UPPER ADIT SHOWN ABOVE. AT SURFACE, VEIN STRIKES WNW & DIPS 60 N. SERPENTINE IS SLIGHTLY CARBONATIZED AT CONTACT. LG MASS OF SERPENTINE JUST E OF WORKINGS. SMALL MASS OF SERPENTINE APPARENTLY CROSSES THE MAIN VEIN. VEIN MAY INTERSECT ADJOINING BELMONT VEIN. OUTCROPS OF QTZ. UNKNOWN AMT AND DIRECTION OF DISPLACEMENT ALONG VEIN. DIP IS STEEPEST AT ENDS OF DRIFT WHERE QTZ PINCHES INTO STRINGERS. NEARLY PARALLEL BUT STEEPER VEIN, MAX THICKNESS A FEW IN., CUT BY VERT FAULT W NE STRIKE. SERPENTINE CONTACT NEAR PORTAL DIPS VERT, BUT BELOW ADIT MUST BE STEEP TO EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SOME REPORTS GIVE $200,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION. IDLE SINCE 1894.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.452HA
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, DRIFTS & RAISES TOTALLING MORE THAN 700 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS, DOCILE & LOOSNER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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