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South Yuba

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101193
MRDS ID C010874
Record type Site
Current site name South Yuba
Related records 10164251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.15104, 39.29239 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1 MI. SE OF FRENCH CORRAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Corral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 007E 35,36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM 2.12 % CU, $3.34 AU THRU $1.92 AU & AG, 38.2 % CU. GOSSAN ASSAYS $5 - $10 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.15104, 39.29239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Richer In Cu On Hanging Wall, Richer In Sulfur On Footwall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French Corral

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 248 - 249

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 LARGE GOSSAN OUTCROPS
Deposit SEE RED LEDGE. CONS. 6 CLAIMS, PATENTED; VIRGINIA, GOLD HILL, MARTHA, EDISON NO. 1 , 2 , 3 & 4 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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