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Valley View

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102947
MRDS ID M012042
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View
Alternate or previous names Whislcey Diggings, Harpening Kilaga Springs, Whiskey Hill.
Related records 10140086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.25798, 38.97711 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF LINCOLN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 006E 13,24;12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE HERE IS LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.25798, 38.97711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 72 NE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSE QUARTZ PORPHYRY IN SCHIST. ASSOCIATED ANDESITE DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: IN OPEN CUT SCHIST STRIKES N 48 W, DIPS 76 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1912 , 1917 , AND 1942 - 1943

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Landis

Comments on the production information

  • ORE FROM 1912 AVG. 6 % CU, .312 OZ. AU AND .645 OZ AG/TON; IN 1917 ORE AVG., 3.74 % CU, .161 OZ AU AND 1.71 OZ AG/TON; 1942 - 1943 ORE AVG., 1.37 % CU, .19 OZ AU, AND 2.18 OZAG/TON WITH RECOVERABLE PB, ZN NOT REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 36.423HA
    Overall depth 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS 130 AND 280 FT. DEEP, ONE INCLINED SHAFT 180 FT. DEEP, TWO ADITS AND AN OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 593 - 594

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES , P. 40

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5,SACRAMENTO; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 40; V. 53, NOS. 3, 4, P. 593-4; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 329-330; 23RD REPORT P. 246-247, 286

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE INDICATED BY GOSSAN ON THE SURFACE, ITS REPORTED TO BE 200 FT. WIDE AND 1000 FT. LONG. A 100 - FT. ANDESITE DIKE, STRIKING N 80 W, DIPPING 72 NE IS MINERALIZED. GOSSAN EXTENDS TO DEPTH OF 100 FT. WHERE SULFIDES ARE ENCOUNTERED.
Deposit GENERALLY GOLD AND COPPER VALUES DECREASE, WHILE ZINC INCREASES WITH DEPTH.

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

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