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Paine Brs.

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101300
MRDS ID C011589
Record type Site
Current site name Paine Brs.
Related records 10285604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95659, 39.33461 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. SSE NORTH COLUMBIA

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 009E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC N 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $1200 IN SPECIMEN ORE REPORTED. GOUGE REPORTED TO CONTAIN LESS THAN 10 % MNO.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dikes Highly Altered; Soft, Crumbly Porphyritic Rock Rich In Hematite And Limonite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95659, 39.33461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes, 2 - 10 Ft. Thick, Cut Associated Rocks, Which Strike N To N 45 W And Dip 60 Ne To Nearly Vertical.

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, STRINGERS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDE IN IRREGULAR AREAS COATING SURFACE. ASSOCIATED ROCKS BELONG TO CALAVERAS FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Bloomfield

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, SHAFTS, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 31 , 60 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 229 .

  • Deposit

    TRASK, P. D., WILSON, I. F., AND SIMONS, F. S., 1943 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, A SUMMARY REPORT: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 125 , P. 148 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 - 6 FT. WIDE GOUGE ZONE W/SILICA STRINGERS AND CLAY.
Deposit PATENTED 180 ACRES ; 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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