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Oustomah

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007338
MRDS ID C011074
Record type Site
Current site name Oustomah
Alternate or previous names Pennsylvania & Eddy
Related records 10115843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03548, 39.27072 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1 MI NW NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 008E 01,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03548, 39.27072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 45 NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    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 Nevada City

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2651.76M
    Overall depth 318.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS ON 10 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 228 - 229

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 - 6 FT THICK, 5 - 8 % SULFIDES
Deposit INCLUDES PENNSYLVANIA & EDDY LODE CLAIMS, PENNSYLVANIA PLACER 168 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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