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Merz Mine

Past Producer in Placer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034894
MRDS ID M021916
Record type Site
Current site name Merz Mine
Related records 10140233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54324, 39.16433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF ANTONE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duncan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 013E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOOD ASSAYS REPORTED

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54324, 39.16433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONCENTRATED WHERE VEIN INTRUDED BY 10 FT. THICK DIKE ROCK IMPREGNATED W/ COARSE PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

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. 27 - 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, AVG. 8 IN. THICK
Deposit 6 CLAIM LOCATIONS. LOGAN LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 4. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP INDICATES LOCATION IN SEC. 8 . ; 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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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