Spenceville

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164389
MAS/MILS ID 0060570948
Record type Site
Current site name Spenceville

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.27164, 39.13209 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 006 E 26 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.27164, 39.13209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 77
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 14.9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 CALIF.DIV.MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL.144, CALIF.DEP

  • Deposit

    RES.,1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS AND REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRELIMINARY COMMENT. AFTER 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION THE MINE OPERATE FOR 5 YEARS. THE ORE WILL BE HAULED TO THE BO (ID 060570440).ALL CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE MILL OPERATI ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT USED THIS MINE WILL LATER BE USED TO MINE THE DAIRYFARM PR (ID 060610020). MINE COSTED FROM 50% PROB ORE RESERVE REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR MINE COSTING (1970 DOLLAR VA MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 1,851,300 ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 143,600 DEVEL 628,800 EQUIP 463,400 PLANT 457,900 WORK.CAP 127,600 MINE OPERATING COSTS 14.900/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COST ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY. BOXES .0001 OR .00001 NOTE THAT THIS MILL WAS NOT COSTED. REC 140 ORE HAULED BY TRUCK TO BOSS MILL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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