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Sailor Boy Diggings

Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077637
MRDS ID W025377
Record type Site
Current site name Sailor Boy Diggings
Related records 10140671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02576, 39.53766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 12 MI WEST OF DOWNIEVILLE AND 10 MI NORTH OF CAMPTONVILLE ON RIDGE BETWEEN CANYON CREEK AND NORTH FORK YUBA RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(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)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N;019N 008E;009E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST. EXACT LOCATION IS NOT KNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SITE LABELED BRANDY CITY ON TOPO MAP. ALTERNATIVE LOCATION IN OLD MRDS RECORD IS GIVEN AS SECS. 22 AND 21, T. 20 N., R. 9 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRESENCE OF PGE NOT VERIFIED, BUT NEARBY SERPENTINIZED AREAS AND LOW-SULFIDE AU-QUARTZ VEINS MAKE THE OCCURRENCE REASONABLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02576, 39.53766
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 60.96M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS FROM OLD YUBA RIVER DRAINAGE OVERLAIN BY ANDESITE AND UNDERLAIN BY BEDROCK OF SLATE, SERPENTINE, AND SOME AMPHIBOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855

Mining district

District name Brandy City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. Carter
    First year 1894

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TO HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS AVERAGING $.25/YD AU AT THE OLD PRICE

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - SIERRA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 272.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 73, P. 111.

  • Production

    CLARK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RICHEST NEAR BEDROCK
Deposit RECORD W025350 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. SEE ALSO: MRDS MO45262.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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