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Rising Sun

Past Producer in Placer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101366
MRDS ID C012318
Record type Site
Current site name Rising Sun
Related records 10237180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96853, 39.10683 (WGS84)
Elevation 698
Relative position 1 MI. NW COLFAX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

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 015N 009E 33,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC E 1/2 , SE 1/4 , 33 , W 1/2 , SW 1/4 , 34 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EST 80% OF AURIFEROUS VALUE IS FREE AU. SULFIDE CONCENTRATES $150-$200/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gabbro Is Locally Saussuritized, Brecciated.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.96853, 39.10683
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Cuts Vein On One Side. Thought To Have Influenced Deposition Of Rich Ore Body On This Side.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES AND SWELLS
    Strike E
    Dip 85 S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colfax

Production statistics

  • Year 1875
    Period 1866 - 1875
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.7 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • EST. 80 % OF AURIFEROUS VALUE IS FREE AU. SULFIDE CONCENTRATES $150 - $200/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 228.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 347 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 34 - 35 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 349 .

  • Deposit

    CHANDRA, D. K., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORESTHILL QUADRANGLES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 .

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1900 , GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES: COLFAX FOLIO, CALIFORNIA, NO. 66 .

  • Production

    WARING ( 1917 ) , LOGAN ( 1936 ), UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ( 1900 ).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE CLOSED ABOUT 1935. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit AMONG SEVERAL DEPOSITS CONTAINING VANADATE MINERALS, THE GERTY MINE YIELDED ABOUT 250 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 10-12% V2O5
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 18 IN. THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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