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Marguerite

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101340
MRDS ID C012142
Record type Site
Current site name Marguerite
Related records 10164085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07409, 38.92017 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Relative position 1/2 MI. N AUBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 AND SE 1/4 , NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EST. ORE AVG. $3.50/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07409, 38.92017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 94.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , GOLD PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 12 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 210 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 344 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 282 - 3 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED. 60 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 5 FT. THICK W/ 7% SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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