| Deposit ID | 10116869 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025507 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060910340 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gibraltar Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | West Yuba Rare Ii Area |
| Related records | 10077679 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.80044, 39.69208 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fillmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Portola(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 021 N | 010 E | 12 | SENESE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -120.80044, 39.69208 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060910340 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025507 | MAS references MRDS |
CALIF JOUR MINES & GLG V38,#1 JAN 1942,PP 26-27,55;
OTHER LOCATIONS SEC 5,6,7,18,T21NR11E
CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 39.
AVERILL, C.V., 1942, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA
COUNTY COUNTY, IN THIRTY-EIGHT REPORT OF THE STATE
MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 26 AND 27.
LOGAN, C.A., 1921 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA
COUNTY, IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:
CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 476.
CLARK, W.B., 1920, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNA: CALIFORNIA
DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 109.
TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: RESISTER OF
MINES AND MINERALS, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 7.
SINNOTT, J.J., 1972, DOWNIEVLLE GOLD TWON ON THE YUBA:
CALIFORNIA TRAVELERS, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 164.
WHITE, W.W., III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,
T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA
RARE II AREAS (NOS, 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS
COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT
NO. MLA 71-83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANEL DEPOSIT ALL WORKINGS CAVED IN 1982. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1990 | Scott | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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