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Belle Union

Occurrence in Placer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092491
MRDS ID M012303
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Union
Related records 10139713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93797, 39.01961 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position LOCATION IN SEC. NOT KNOWN - MAY BE NEAR THE BLACK OAK. 2 MILES SE OF WEIMAR AT 2000' ELEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 009E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93797, 39.01961
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE MINE - IN MARIPOSA FM? EIGHT FEET OF BROKEN SLATE AND QUARTZ ALONG A FRACTURE IN SLATE. STRIKE NE-SW, DIP 80 DEG. SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name New England Mills (Weimar)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Jones
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 295 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 42

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66 (GEOLOGY OF AREA)

  • Deposit

    DOM 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 332

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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