Blue Jay Group

Past Producer in Nevada 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007620
MRDS ID C011878
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Group
Related records 10213267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73714, 39.31072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.5 MI SSE OMEGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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

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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 011E 27,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73714, 39.31072

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 446

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit NOT SAME CLAIM AS BLUE JAY IN T 17 N, R 11 E, SEC. 2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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