Valley View

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140086
MRDS ID M012042
MAS/MILS ID 0060610080
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View
Alternate or previous names Whiskey Diggings, Harpending Mine, Bonanza?
Related records 10102947

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.24774, 38.97129 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 006 E 13 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.24774, 38.97129

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 72N
    Width 11M
    Area 81HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip :72N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 81
    Date of Last Modification 820521

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1852
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Clipper Gap

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Landis And Gaylord Of Auburn
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Goodwin Trent-Lessee
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 61
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM ORIGINAL STUDY IN 1960.

  • Deposit

    ,5-SACRAMENTO,CJMG V 32 NO 1,1936,P 40;V 53 NOS 3 & 4,P 593-

  • Deposit

    REF 2 CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL. 144, CALI

  • Deposit

    NAT. RES.,1948.INCLUDE PLATES AND REFERENCES.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF CALIF.,15TH REPT.OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,P.32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 120 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 INDICATE THAT NO COSTING DONE, AS ORE RESERVES ON THIS PROPERY ARE TOO SMALL REC 151 SAME AS REC 120. REC 140 AND 160. IF ENOUGH ORE WAS PRESENT TO MINE IT WOULD TO MARYSVILLE FOR CONCENTRATING. THE CONCENTRATE WOUL BE RAILED TO TACOMA WASH. FOR SMELTING AND REFINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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