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Gold Bluff

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10086548
MRDS ID X025476
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bluff
Alternate or previous names Gold Bluff No. 1, Ext. Gold Bluff No. 2 Ext., Gold Bluff No. 5, Fraction, Gold Bluff 4 & 5, Gold Bluff Placer, Oregon, New Year.
Related records 10140696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82186, 39.58155 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. N OF DOWNIEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downieville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 020N 010E 13,14,15,22,23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 PAST ASSOCIATION W OXFORD GROUP RESULTED IN LITERATURE CONFUSION ABOUT SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82186, 39.58155
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 VEINS, THE GOLD BLUFF AND 2 PARALLEL VEINS ALONG CONTACT OF SLATE FOOTWALL AND PORPHYRY DIKES HANGING WALL. GOLD BLUFF VEIN AVE. 3 FT. THICK, AT LEAST 1 MI. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 44.517HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 MAIN ADITS. NO. 3 INTERSECTS VEIN AT 1050 FT., W 600 FT. OF DRIFTS; NO. 4 , 210 FT. BELOW, INTERSECTS VEIN AT 1400 , W 600 FT. DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 56 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 177 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 110 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE, 1920

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (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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