| 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 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.24774, 38.97129 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 152 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Placer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 013 N | 006 E | 13 | SE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.24774, 38.97129 |
|---|
| Dip | 72N | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 11M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 81HA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1852 |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| District name | Clipper Gap |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Landis And Gaylord Of Auburn |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Goodwin Trent-Lessee |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 70M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060610080 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M012042 | MAS references MRDS |
REF 1 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM ORIGINAL STUDY IN 1960.
,5-SACRAMENTO,CJMG V 32 NO 1,1936,P 40;V 53 NOS 3 & 4,P 593-
REF 2 CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL. 144, CALI
NAT. RES.,1948.INCLUDE PLATES AND REFERENCES.
RESOURCES OF CALIF.,15TH REPT.OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,P.32
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lewis, J.D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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