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Reward

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077089
MRDS ID W024518
Record type Site
Current site name Reward
Alternate or previous names Cosmopolitan
Related records 10139784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73215, 40.0696 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF GENESEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N;025N 011E;011E 34;03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MALACHITE AND AZURITE NEAR SURFACE BORNITE OCCURS AS SOLID BODIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73215, 40.0696
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 70 E
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1860'S

Mining district

District name Genesee Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1928 - NO KNOWN PRODUCTION VALUES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS; MAIN ONE IS 500 FT. IN LENGTH WITH NUMBER OF DRIFTS ON STRINGERS. IT DEVELOPED A 5 FT. VEIN OF AU ORE ASSAYING $3.40 . VEIN SAID TO INTERSECT CU VEIN WITHIN 100 FT. AT DEPTH OF 240 FT. SOME ORE STOPED IN UPPER WORKINGS. LOWER TUNNEL IS 270 FT. IN GRANODIORITE UPPER TUNNEL, 60 FT. LONG EXPOSES 14 FT. OF CHALCOPYRITE - MIDDLE TUNNEL 120 FT. LONG SHOWS 17 FT. OF ORE AVG. 6 % CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 289 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 108 - 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE WITH 15 FT. LENSES
Deposit COMPRISED OF 200 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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