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Wetteran Ranch Watterson?

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  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 10031675
MRDS ID M010846
Record type Site
Current site name Wetteran Ranch Watterson?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.18521, 39.11183 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES EAST OF SPENCEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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 015N 007E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.18521, 39.11183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spenceville

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. G. Wetteran

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED 53.6 TONS GOSSAN IRON ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 91

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 467

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL WEST METALLIFEROUS II-C; ADD. REF.: CDM MINERAL ABSTRACTS (IRON) P. 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN IS LIMONITE AND IRON - STAINED BRECCIA OF RHYOLITE.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 540 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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