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Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10007577
MRDS ID C011758
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Related records 10188571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83853, 39.44045 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1/2 MI. N BUCK RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(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 010E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83853, 39.44045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 60 W
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST OF TIGHTNER FM.

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 Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT TO VEIN, PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, BASE METAL SULFIDES IN QTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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

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