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Providence

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. 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 10034900
MRDS ID M021940
Record type Site
Current site name Providence
Alternate or previous names Providencia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80686, 39.11406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1055
Relative position W BANK SHIRTTAIL CANYON UPSTREAM OF JUNCTION W/SNAIL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 010E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC W 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80686, 39.11406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Iowa Hill

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, WINZE

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. 33 , 47 .

  • Deposit

    CHANDRA, D. K., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORESTHILL QUADRANGLEES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT. THICK
Deposit 4 CLAIMS. PATENTED. 20 ACRES. ; 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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