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Sierra Gold Mining Co.

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086549
MRDS ID X025477
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10262646

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80603, 39.58405 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NE OF DOWNIEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downieville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 020N 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 % ARSENOPYRITE, SOMETIMES MASSIVE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80603, 39.58405
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARALLEL VEINS W DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM BEING 400 , 1000 , & 200 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS & 1 SHAFT ON ACKLEY VEIN, 665 FT. TOTAL; 4 ADITS ON CROUSE VEIN, 730 FT. TOTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 65 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 13TH REPORT STATE MINEROLOGIST, P. 382 , 383 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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