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Scotia & Alice Cons

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10034811
MRDS ID M021735
Record type Site
Current site name Scotia & Alice Cons

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86159, 39.46211 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI S OF FOREST CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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

Tahoe 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 018N 010E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. IN FRENCH RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86159, 39.46211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCOTIA VEIN STRIKES E, DIPS N ALICE VEIN DIPS W BOTH LIE FLAT IN SERPENTINE W AVE THICKNESS 1 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 75 FT INCLINE SHAFT AND ADIT 110 FT LONG ON SCOTIA VEIN.

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. 64 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 12TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 272 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

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

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