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National

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035010
MRDS ID M022121
Record type Site
Current site name National
Related records 10188792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96325, 39.26989 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1/2 MI. W PEEK CREEK RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 016N 009E 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.96325, 39.26989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE IS SILICEOUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 203 - 204

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 1 - 2 FT THICK (CONSTITUTION)
Deposit PATENTED 3 CLAIMS: GREAT EASTERN, GREAT WESTERN AND CONSTITUTION ; 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

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