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Mountaineer

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007369
MRDS ID C011136
Record type Site
Current site name Mountaineer
Related records 10188444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03326, 39.25572 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1 MI. W 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 12,13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 12 , NW 1/4 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES AVG. $100 - $200 AU & AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03326, 39.25572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip 37 E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION $2,000,000 - $3,000,000 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFTS, EXTENSIVE WORKINGS W/MANY 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. 200 - 202 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 254 - 255 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE ( 1918 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG 1 FT. THICK, 3 - 4 % SULFIDES. BLACK PRINCE VEIN PARALLELS MOUNTAINEER VEIN, AVG. 2 - 3 FT THICK, MAX. 12 FT.
Deposit 300 ACRES. ; 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

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