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Empress

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101224
MRDS ID C011100
Record type Site
Current site name Empress
Alternate or previous names Dull, Newton
Related records 10188455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10493, 39.25322 (WGS84)
Elevation 704
Relative position 4 MI. W NEVADA CITY, N NEWTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(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 016N 008E 08,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10493, 39.25322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SULFIDES CARRIED 10 OZ. AG: 1 OZ AU. AU AVG. $5/TON, AG $1.06/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 6 LEVELS OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 397 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 577 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1941 ) GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 3 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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