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Gruss

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077102
MRDS ID W024537
Record type Site
Current site name Gruss
Alternate or previous names Genesee, Genesee Valley, Ward
Related records 10285874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.72104, 40.03127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 MILES FROM GENESEE; SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC., 14 AND SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SECTION 15 .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 15,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.72104, 40.03127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 65 W
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL IS ALTERED SCHIST AND IN SOME PLACES, SLATE. THE HANGING WALL IS BLACK SLATE, ALTERED AND IRON STAINED NEAR THE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED COPPER IN EARLY DAYS: GOLD DURING 1890'S : PRODUCTION $460,000 IN 1918 MOSTLY IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 288.04M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 70 , 200 AND 400 FT. THE 200 FT. LEVEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORTH 275 FT. AND SOUTH 175 FT., THE 400 FT. LEVEL, NORTH FOR 245 FT. AND SOUTH 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 287

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1920 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 466 - 468

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 124 - 126

  • Production

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , P. 287

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 180 ACRES.
Deposit CHARACTER OF DEPOSIT IS CRUSHED AND BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONES IN SLATES AND SCHISTS NEAR CONTACT OF SLATES AND META-ANDESITE. NO WELL-DEFINED VEINS, BUT PARALLEL STRINGERS OF QTZ. AND CALCITE OCCUR. DECOMPOSED AND ALTERED ROCKS ARE IRON-STAINED, GOLD OCCURS IN NARROW SEAMS AND POCKETS CONTAINING LIMONITE AND MANGANESE OXIDE. TWO PARALLEL ZONES 20 - 30 FT. APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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