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William Tell

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10034844
MRDS ID M021773
Record type Site
Current site name William Tell
Related records 10237960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61603, 39.56267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. SE OF SIERRA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haypress Valley(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

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 020N 012E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE MILLING QTZ. ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61603, 39.56267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 75 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • 8 FT. THICK VEIN W SLATE HANGING WALL, FOOTWALL PORPHYRY W ORESHOOT 120 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. THICK. 2ND VEIN 3 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • LONG INACTIVE. ONLY ASSEMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1916 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 233.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS. NO 1 IS 90 FT. ON ORE SHOOT, W STOPES, & ON SML VEIN. 2ND IS XCUT FOR 250 FT. W 170 MORE FT. DRIFT, 175 FT. BELOW NO. 1 , ON 120 FT. WIDE ORE SHOOT, & W RAISE TO NO. 1 , NO. 3 IS AT LEAST 490 FT 500 FT. BELOW NO. 2 . THIS INFO. FROM PRESTON, 1892 .

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. 67 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 183 .

  • Deposit

    PRESTON, E. B., 1893 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 11TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST FOR 1892 , P. 415 , 416 .

  • Production

    PRESTON, 1892

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, ORE SHOOTS
Deposit AGENT ( AVERILL, 1942 ): W. H. WILLIAMS. SIERRA CITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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