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Crater Hill

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. 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 10034872
MRDS ID M021836
Record type Site
Current site name Crater Hill
Alternate or previous names Crater Hill Cons.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.13631, 38.90433 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. W AUBURN 2 MI. N NEWCASTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 012N;012 007E;008 12;07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 12 , W 1/2 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAIMED FOOTWALL OF VEIN YIELDED $19-13 ORE/TON. HANGING WALL GAVE $31.52 AU/TON. SULFIDES (4%) EST. $100/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 48 SW
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION IN THE 1880'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 18 , 43 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 337 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED. 24 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 20 IN. THICK W/SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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