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Arkasas Traveler

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102942
MRDS ID M010814
Record type Site
Current site name Arkasas Traveler
Alternate or previous names Mineral Hill Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.26187, 39.15295 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF SPENCEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 006E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
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 > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.26187, 39.15295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED DIABASE NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spenceville

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. C. Lewis
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • ORE YIELDING 5 PERCENT OF COPPER AND $7 IN GOLD HAS BEEN SHIPPED. COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 POUNDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT - 12 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIF. BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 197 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 574

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 81 - 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES 80 ACRES. PRODUCTION FROM SECONDARY SULPHIDE ZONE; ORE CONTAINS ZINC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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