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West Yuba Rare Ii Area

Prospect 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262310
MRDS ID W025606
MAS/MILS ID 0060910604
Record type Site
Current site name West Yuba Rare Ii Area
Alternate or previous names Deep Moon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.83103, 39.60428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downieville(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 010 E 14 SENWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.83103, 39.60428
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.W. III., SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NUEMANN,

  • Deposit

    T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA

  • Deposit

    RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    MLA 71-83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING RECENT GRAVEL DEPOSIT (BENCH-TYPE DEPOSIT) 36,000 CUBIC YARDS OF INDICATED MARGINAL RESOURCES AVERAGE 0.0078 OUNCE GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-1990 Scott U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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