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Poverty Hill Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165102
MRDS ID W025342
MAS/MILS ID 0060910056
Record type Site
Current site name Poverty Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Poverty Hill
Related records 10077622

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.97884, 39.54958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodyears Bar(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 020 N 009 E 05 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.97884, 39.54958
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Middle Earth Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSOLIDATION OF SEVERAL CLAIMS OFOLD COMPRISING 1100 ACRES;

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR OF MINES & GLG V 38 #1 JAN 1942 36,37,63;

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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