Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286752
MAS/MILS ID 0060910602
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Prospect, One Day At A Time/Easy Does It Mine, West Yuba Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.80023, 39.61908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1688
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 12 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.80023, 39.61908

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND

  • Deposit

    5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT. PART OF ONE DAY AT A TIME/EASY DOES IT MINE IN MLA 71-83 SUMMARY REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAY-1990 Scott U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.