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Lone Wolf Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103097
MRDS ID M021699
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Wolf Group
Alternate or previous names Lone Wolf Ext., Gold Medal, White Horse, Big Jim
Related records 10238031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.64353, 39.64877 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MI. N OF SIERRA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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

Tahoe 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 012E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW SHORE OF LOWER SALMON LAKE. SW 1/4 ?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO ASSAY $10 - 20/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.64353, 39.64877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 41 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4 FT. THICK QTZ., & STRINGER ZONE 5 FT. THICK. IN UPPER ADIT VEIN DIPS 67 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 40.47HA
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS; LOWER IS 60 FT. LONG, W 20 FT. OF DRIFT; 2ND ADIT 50 FT. ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 32 , 59

  • Production

    AVERILL, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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