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Ancho Qtz

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007638
MRDS ID C011909
Record type Site
Current site name Ancho Qtz
Alternate or previous names Erie
Related records 10285723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74964, 39.41906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1.5 MI S GRANITEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graniteville(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 011E 16,21,17,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NW 1/4 NW 1/4 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS $5 OR MORE/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74964, 39.41906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEVERAL SHOOTS, ONE IN ANCHO IS 400 FT. LONG, 5 - 30 FT THICK. 2 IN DUBLIN BAY 70 - 100 FT LONG AND 12 - 15 FT. THICK
    Strike W OF N
    Dip 60 - 70 E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLUE CANYON FM. ABOUT 1/2 MI. W CONTACT W/GRANITE. META-SEDIMENTS ARE MARINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Graniteville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED PRIOR TO 1930 YIELDED $3 - 6 AU/TON FROM ANCHO VEIN. SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN AU W/ BY-PRODUCT AG PB ZN MINED PRIOR TO 1948 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, ADITS, DRIFTS, STOPES

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 383 .

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., NORMAN, L. A., JR., 1951 , COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA-MINERAL AND SIGNIFICANT MINING ACTIVITIES OF 1949 : CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47 , P. 347 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 574 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 116 - 117

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 41 .

  • Production

    AVERILL, 1951 ; LOGAN, 1941 ; MACBOYLE, 1919 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 4 , AVG. 4 FT THICK ON ANCHO CLAIM. 2 VEINS ON ERIE CLAIM
Deposit PATENTED 10.94 AC. CONSISTS OF ERIE & ANCHO CLAIMS. LATER EXPANDED TO 80 ACRES. INCLUDES ANCHO GROUP: ANCHO AND EDISON CLAIMS (WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO, WHEELING AND NEVADA.) ERIE GROUP: WHEELING LODE, HOLLAND, DUBLIN BAY CONS., ERIE, CANTON, CA SCARET, DANDERINE, ERIE HOLLAND NO. 2 , LANE AND NEURALGIA. ; 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 HOST ROCKS CLEANED UP, DELETED HOST ROCK FROM IGNEOUS ROCK TYPE, ENTERED UNIT NAME.
Updater 04-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan 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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