Mollie

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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 10007719
MRDS ID C012207
Record type Site
Current site name Mollie
Alternate or previous names Mollie Stark
Related records 10115591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09075, 38.87933 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position 1 1/4 MI. S AUBURN-RANCHERIA

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 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09075, 38.87933

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 74 SW

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 143.26M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, INCLINE, TUNNEL, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 345

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS W/SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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