Zeibright

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10007621
MRDS ID C011881
Record type Site
Current site name Zeibright
Related records 10189210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7271, 39.289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 1 MI NW BLUE CANYON GUARD STA.

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 Bear(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 017N 011E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to correct Lat/long. UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper 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) -120.7271, 39.289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lowell Hill

Comments on the production information

  • EST. YIELD $2.10 - $3.00 AU/TON, SULFIDES $12 - $14/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 301.75M
    Overall depth 533.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, STOPES, SHAFT

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. 431

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1941 ) MACBOYLE ( 1918 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIKE 20 FT THICK W/BANDS OF QUARTZ

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.