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West Delhi

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Land status
  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 10007569
MRDS ID C011628
Record type Site
Current site name West Delhi
Alternate or previous names Defiance, Defiance Ext Excelsior Ext

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98243, 39.40794 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 2 1/4 MI N NORTH COLUMBIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 009E 20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98243, 39.40794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, ADIT, DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 266 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1930 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES VOL. 26 , NO. 2 , P. 104 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT THICK
Deposit PATENTED 60.369 AC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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