St. Louis Cons.

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10101284
MRDS ID C011486
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Cons.
Alternate or previous names Never Sweat
Related records 10285827

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.9677, 39.26989 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2 MI. E NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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 009E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -120.9677, 39.26989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description S. Dipping Fissure At 200 Ft. Depth

Ore body information

  • Strike N 73 E
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, INCLINED SHAFT, STOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 205 - 206

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED 24.96 ACRES 2 CLAIMS. ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS WEST EXT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 3 IN. - 2 FT. THICK

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.

Authoritative California resources

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