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Crandell Mine

Past Producer in Placer 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. 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 10007698
MRDS ID C012164
Record type Site
Current site name Crandell Mine
Related records 10188704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10186, 38.89906 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position 1 MI. W AUBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MILLED TO DEPTH OF 30 FT. GAVE $16/TON VALUE. BELOW 30 FT., AVG. $6/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE ASSAYS $55- $100 AU/TON. CON. CONSISTS OF 2-4% OF ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10186, 38.89906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES, SWELLS
    Strike NE
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 207.26M
    Overall depth 74.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, TUNNEL, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 43 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1920 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 17 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA. DIVISION OF MINES, P. 443 - 4 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 337 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 37 ACRES. COMPRISES COX, DENTON (PATENTED CLAIMS), SACRAMENTO ( AGRICULTURAL PATENT ), NORTH STAR AND FLORENCE MAY LOCATIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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