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Gold Point

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086584
MRDS ID X025561
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Point
Alternate or previous names Gray Eagle
Related records 10189477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74103, 39.57377 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 3/4 MI. W 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 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY 20 PERCENT OF AU IS FREE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES OF ABOUT 2.7 PER BULK GIVE 7.12 PERCENT PB, 1.34 PERCENT ZN & .54 PERCENT CU PLUS AU: AG OF 4:3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74103, 39.57377
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 1125 FT., 700 FT. ON 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. 52 .

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 27 , 28 , 56 .

  • Production

    MCCULLOCH ETAL, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ORE SHOOT

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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