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Rich Gulch

Past Producer in Plumas 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048791
MRDS ID MP90017
Record type Site
Current site name Rich Gulch
Related records 10188463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08938, 40.06237 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI. WEST OF QUINCY, CALIFORNIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM USGS GEOGRAPHIC NAMES DATABASE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08938, 40.06237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLOWS AND BRECCIAS OF THE COASTAL VOLCANIC BELT.
  • THREE MINERALIZED ZONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Virgilia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inca Resources

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOOKER, E.W., AND VERCOUTERE, T.L., 1986, GOLD IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, PERSPECTIVE OF 1986--PRELIMINARY MAP OF SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND GEOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES OF PRODUCTIVE (>10,000 OZ) GOLD DISTRICTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-209, 32 P.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1986, V.71. NO.52, P.33

  • Production

    TOOKER AND VERCOUTERE, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ISOLATED MASSIVE LENSES TO 5 M IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

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