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Tahoe Treasure Prospect

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103131
MRDS ID M021971
Record type Site
Current site name Tahoe Treasure Prospect
Related records 10115735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.16712, 39.06573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position S. QUAIL LAKE, 1 MI. S MCKINNEYS RESORT ON LAKE TAHOE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homewood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Tahoe(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 016E 11,12,13,14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 14 , NW 1/4 13 , S 1/2 11 , 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.16712, 39.06573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rocks Form Small Roof-Pendent

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tahoe

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 37 - 8 , 47 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DISTRICT: REPORT 31 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES, P. 18 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDS OF SULFIDE MINERALIZATION PARALLEL DIRECTION OF SCHISTOSITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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