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English Mountain

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102946
MRDS ID M011994
Record type Site
Current site name English Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56603, 39.46267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 13 MILES EAST OF GRANITEVILLE - ADJOINS THE ENGLISH MTN. GOLD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

English Mountain(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)

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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 013E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result PYRRHOTITE-PYRITE ASSAYED: 5 % CU, 45.9 % FE, AND 35.4 % S, THE BORNITE-PYRITE ASSAYED
Result 2.4 % CU, 53.5 % FE, AND 27.7 % S, THE PYRRHOTITE-MARCASITE ASSAYED
Result 1.3 % CU, 51.4 % FE, AND 28.3 % S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56603, 39.46267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. C. Schroeder (Estate)

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, ONE 500 FT. DRIFT ALONG STRIKE AND ANOTHER 300 FT. LONG ABOVE IT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 85

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER BEARING GOSSAN
Deposit 105 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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