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Yuba Cons

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10007605
MRDS ID C011847
Record type Site
Current site name Yuba Cons
Alternate or previous names Yuba Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70547, 39.35378 (WGS84)
Elevation 969
Relative position 3 MI NE OMEGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Canyon(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 011E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70547, 39.35378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins In Shear Zone Of Granodiorite

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 55 - 70 E
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST WORK DONE NEAR POINT WHERE VEIN CUT BY 4 FT DIKE

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

Comments on the production information

  • CLAIMED THAT FORMER OWNERS PRODUCED EST $2,000,000 PRIOR TO 1918 . EST. YIELD FROM YUBA VEIN $200,000 FROM LATER WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS, DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 P. 468 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 259 - 260 .

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 32 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE ( 1918 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 3 - 15 FT THICK W/1 % BASE METAL SULFIDES
Deposit 17 ACRES. YUBA CLAIM PART OF 440 ACRES UNDER CONSOLIDATION ; 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 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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