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Osceola

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086475
MRDS ID X024317
Record type Site
Current site name Osceola

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12993, 39.21517 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 4 MI. W GRASS VALLEY, S SQUIRREL CK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough And Ready(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N;016N 007E;008E 25;30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE TO $30/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 60 N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Roagh & Ready

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 140.21M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

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. 227 - 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18 IN. - 4 FT. THICK
Deposit INCLUDES OSCEOLA, OSCEOLE EXT, LIVE OAK FLORENCE, DIANA, FIPPIN, FIPPIN EXT, YELLOW POINTER; YELLOW POINTER EXT, MOSS AGATE, MOSS AGATE EXT, ANRORA, CROWN, 240 ACRES. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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