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California Mine

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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 10034118
MRDS ID M020821
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine
Related records 10261868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.2616, 39.16989 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF SPENCEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smartsville(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 006E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 % CU, SOME GOLD AND SILVER

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) -121.2616, 39.16989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 48 W
    Dip 60 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spenceville

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,000 FT. MAIN ADIT, GIVING 224 FT. OF BACKS AND DRIFTS AGGREGATING A TOTAL LENGTH OF 600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN OF IRON-STAINED DIORITE AND LIMONITE
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 65 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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