Whiskey Creek No. 1

Unknown in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116935
MAS/MILS ID 0060910221
Record type Site
Current site name Whiskey Creek No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.86604, 39.62348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downieville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 010 E 04 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • OFF SADDLEBACK ROAD 6 MILES FROM HIGHWAY 49 NO RRESERVE OR PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.86604, 39.62348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Donald Costa
    ID 404317
    Home office California
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Hamilton
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/24/1992
MSHA mine ID0404317
Mine name (MSHA)Whiskey Creek No 1
Current operatorWhiskey Creek No 1
Current controller (parent)John Hamilton
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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