| Deposit ID | 10189533 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | X025319 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060910002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Original Sixteen To One Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sixteen To One Mine, Lucky Change Mine, 16 To 1 Mine, Kanaka Creek |
| Related records | 10086501 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.84383, 39.46569 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1256 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Truckee(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019 N | 010 E | 03 | SW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -120.84383, 39.46569 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Mining method | Combined Methods |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| Plant type | Beneficiation (Mill) |
| Milling method | Gravity |
| District name | Alleghany |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Original Sixteen To One Mine Inc |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kanaha Creek Joint Venture |
| ID | 401299 |
| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Most Recent Available Data 8163 Troy Oz. Au | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold Production 6505 T Oz/Yr Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060910002 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | X025319 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 0401299 |
1995 PRODUCTION, 1995 ORIGINAL SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT, P1.
USGS PP 172,PP98-101;
CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL PRODUCER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-JUN-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | NonProducing since 05/29/2023 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 0401299 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Sixteen To One Mine |
| Current operator | Quartzview Corporation |
| Current controller (parent) | Roger Haas; Simon Westbrook |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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