| Deposit ID | 10101357 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | C012243 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Vore Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Golden Scepter, Chubb, Ellen Dip. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.95797, 39.00489 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 495 |
| Relative position | 2 MI. E APPLEGATE |
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
USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Placer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 013N | 009E | 03 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| (1) | -120.95797, 39.00489 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Local Fault Zone Close To Main Lode Body, Thin Serpentine Body |
| General form | PINCHES, SWELLS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | New England Mills |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 82.3M |
| Overall depth | 4.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | C012243 |
LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 41 .
CHANDRA, D. B., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORRESTHILL QUADRANGLE S, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 .
CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 279 .
WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 340 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 84 ACRES. HYDRAULICKED TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH 1900.BOTTOM-MOST TUNNEL WORKED IN 1952. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | SEAM, 2-20 FT. THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 27-APR-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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