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Sovereign

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086582
MRDS ID X025559
Record type Site
Current site name Sovereign
Alternate or previous names Mascot
Related records 10116677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69131, 39.58238 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/4 MI. WNW OF SIERRA CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sierra City(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 011E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3 PERCENT PYRITE & GALENA ON NEVADA VEIN. FREE GOLD AVE $1.50/TON.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69131, 39.58238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip W

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL VEINS. NEVADA VEIN CUTS ACROSS STRIKE OF SLATES, AVE 3 FT. THICK, 11 FT. MAX. STRIKES N, DIPS 60 W & OUTCROPS 4500 FT. ON SURFACE. YUBA VEIN STRIKES N20W, 12 FT. THICK, W LITTLE SULFIDES, BUT FREE GOLD. ELANOR VEIN, 3 FT. THICK, STRIKES N10E, DIPS 60W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • TAILINGS AVE $5/TON. OLD MINE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 80.94HA
    Overall length 1371.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT. ADIT ON NEVADA VEIN, W 250 FT. OF DRIFTS, AND 60 FT. RAISE. 115 FT. SHAFT ON ELANORE VEIN. 175 FT. ADIT ON YUBA VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF.: SO PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL. 2 , P. 51.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 65.

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit GROUP OF 10 MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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