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Big Blue

Past Producer in Placer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10034856
MRDS ID M021793
Record type Site
Current site name Big Blue
Alternate or previous names Vulture
Related records 10164683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84242, 39.19989 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position 2 MI. NE GOLD RUN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 010E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 332 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 274 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS. BIG BLUE 5 FT. THICK, VULTURE 12 FT. THICK. BOTH CARRY SULFIDES.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS, BIG BLUE AND VULTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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