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Caledonia

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10103154
MRDS ID M022060
Record type Site
Current site name Caledonia
Alternate or previous names Montreal
Related records 10261835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5088, 39.40545 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1/2 MI. SW SUMMIT CITY SITE

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 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. - SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.5088, 39.40545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Meadow Lake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF .4, P. OLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 238 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 8 - 9 FT. THICK, W/770 SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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