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Mount Vernon

Past Producer in Nevada 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101301
MRDS ID C011600
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Vernon
Alternate or previous names Home, Native Son

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99965, 39.32128 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 6 MI. NNE NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 009E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99965, 39.32128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, SOME DRIFTING ON 2 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHANDLER, J. W., 1941 , MINING METHODS AND COSTS OF THE LAVA CAP GOLD MINING CORPORATION, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 426

  • Production

    CHANDLER, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1/2 - 3 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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