Green Lode

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034987
MRDS ID M022098
Record type Site
Current site name Green Lode
Alternate or previous names Green Mountain, Sanders, Redan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04297, 39.19739 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1 MI SE GRASS VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N;016N 008E;008E 01;35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04297, 39.19739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 38 SW
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 278 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 242 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED 20.422 ACRES CRAWFORD ( 1896 ) GROUPS GREEN MOUNTAIN CLAIM WITH THE SANDERS AND REDAN MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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