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Mount Filmore Cons. Grp.

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034798
MRDS ID M021716
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Filmore Cons. Grp.
Alternate or previous names Sunnyside, Rattlesnake No. 1 & No. 2, Blue Jay
Related records 10116925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84715, 39.7246 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 3/4 MI. NE OF LA PORTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fillmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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

Plumas 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 010E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84715, 39.7246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 46 W
    Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 15 - 25 FT. THICK VEIN W SLATE FT. WALL, SLATE & PORPHYRY HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE RANGED FROM $5 - 20/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Overall depth 38.1M
    Overall length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT. ADIT W 3 X CUTS 50 FT. APART, FROM 15 - 25 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 61 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 105 .

  • Production

    MACBOYLE, 1920

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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