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Giant King Qtz

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007574
MRDS ID C011737
Record type Site
Current site name Giant King Qtz
Related records 10237219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7952, 39.33711 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1.5 MI. N STILLMAN FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(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 017N 010E 13,24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC. E 1/2 E 1/2 SEC 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM $1.05 - $39.55 AU/TON ON JUMBO VEIN & $.87 - $21.35 AU/TON ON GIANT KING VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Tightner Formation;
    Rock description Tightner Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7952, 39.33711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TIGHTNER FM. NEAR JUNCTION OF 2 FAULTS

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 944.88M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 2500 FT. LONG, 600 FT CROSSCUTS & RAISES

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 , P. 339 - 400 .

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 31 , 59 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1941 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS, 2 , JUMBO AND GIANT KING, 1.5 - 7 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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