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Suckers Revenge

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10034907
MRDS ID M021970
Record type Site
Current site name Suckers Revenge
Alternate or previous names American Eagle, American Monarch
Related records 10213049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71492, 39.18406 (WGS84)
Elevation 689
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF HUMBUG CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westville(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 011E 02,03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 2 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EST. ASSAYS $2 - $20 ORE/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71492, 39.18406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING

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. 47 .

  • Deposit

    ROOT, L. L., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 249 .

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, F., 1922 , AUBURN FIELD DIVISION: REPORT 18 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES, P. 301 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 FT. THICK

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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