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Beardsley Mine

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. 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 10077103
MRDS ID W024538
Record type Site
Current site name Beardsley Mine
Alternate or previous names Telge
Related records 10286116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71048, 40.11599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 9 MILES FROM VIRAMONT

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 011E 14,15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

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) -120.71048, 40.11599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M
    Length 91.44M

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF TUNNELS, OVER 600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 126

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 270

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 462

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED DEPOSIT, SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS, 320 FT. APART. VEINS APPEAR TO BE DIORITE DIKES, NO QUARTZ.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 320 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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