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Brown Property

Occurrence in Lassen 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092314
MRDS ID M009101
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Property
Related records 10261139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68521, 40.34154 (WGS84)
Relative position SO. OF EARL (HONEY BEE) AND CLARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 011E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68521, 40.34154
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PROPERTY LARGELY IN AREA OF HORNBLENDE-QUARTZ-DIORITE; FEW VEINS OBSERVED. MUCH PLACER MINING IN THE PAST IS EVIDENT ON NE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. MOST OF THIS WORK WAS DONE IN RECENT GRAVELS WHICH ARE REGARDED AS REWORKED PORTIONS OF OLD TERTIARY GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT SUNK ON A PEGMATITIC DIKE WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANITE ON THE E PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THIS SEEMS UNFAVORABLE FOR GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 4, P. 425

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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