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Austrian Syndicate

Past Producer in Plumas 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103002
MRDS ID M020824
Record type Site
Current site name Austrian Syndicate
Related records 10261838

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69298, 40.0121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position MIDWAY BETWEEN WALKER MINE AND GENESSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ZONE: 2 % CU, $3.10 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69298, 40.0121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 1524M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Genesse

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $50,000 SAID TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM SHOOT WORKED IN EARLY DAYS IN THE FISSURE VEIN, REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. $20 AU AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS DEVELOPED. QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING COPPER AND GOLD. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE RECENTLY OLD WORKINGS: 60 FT. SHAFT, NUMEROUS TUNNELS ALL ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 285

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY, 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 97.

  • Production

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BEARING ZONE IN SCHIST NEAR CONTACT WITH PORPHYRY, IT STRIKES NW, DIPS 50 SW, LENGTH OF 2000 FT. ON SURFACE.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 100 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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