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Daniel Webster

Past Producer in Placer 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106514
MRDS ID X024417
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel Webster
Alternate or previous names Champion
Related records 10115602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.72796, 39.05239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NW MICHIGAN BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(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

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 011E 15,22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 SW 1/4 15 , NE 1/4 NW 1/4 22 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.72796, 39.05239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Michigan Bluff

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS, SEAM MINING, SHAFT, DRIFTS.

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. 18 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 337 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , GOLD--PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 12 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU , P. 207 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ( 2 ), 2 - 6 FT. THICK.
Deposit PLACER MINING PATENT. WARING ( 1917 ) P. 337 STATES MINE IS LOCATED IN SEC. 16 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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