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Cleveland

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. 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 10086585
MRDS ID X025563
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71547, 39.56071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 3 1/2 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 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 PERCENT PYRITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71547, 39.56071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike NW
    Dip 80 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • RIBBON QTZ. WHICH SWELLS TO SEVERAL FT., & 2 ORE SHOOTS EXPOSED FOR 200 FT. IN ADIT NO. 1 , 250 FT. IN ADIT NO. 2 WHICH IS 100 FT. BELOW ADIT NO. 1 , AND 500 FT. IN ADIT NO. 3 WHICH IS 280 FT. BELOW NO. 2 . DISTANCES VERTICAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLY WORKED IN LATE 20S, EARLY 30S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Overall depth 115.82M
    Overall length 1371.6M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF ADITS. NO 3 ADIT 2580 FT., WINZE SUNK 300 FT. BELOW ADIT NO. 3 .

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. 53 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 161 , 162 , 174 .

  • Deposit

    PRESTON, E. B., 1893 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 11TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST FOR 1892 , P. 414 - 415 .

  • Production

    LOGAN 1929

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ORE SHOOTS

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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