Craycroft Diggings Mine

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164814
MRDS ID W025464
MAS/MILS ID 0060910278
Record type Site
Current site name Craycroft Diggings Mine
Alternate or previous names West Yuba Rare Ii Area
Related records 10111114

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.80743, 39.61678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1633
Location accuracy 10(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 12 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.80743, 39.61678

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    12TH RPRT STATE MIN P263,4;

  • Deposit

    THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    P. 374.

  • Deposit

    PRESTON, E.B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORT

  • Deposit

    OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    P. 263 AND 264.

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA

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    COUNTY, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    WHITNEY, J.D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:

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    GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.

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    WHITNEY, J.D., 1879, THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: MEM.MUS. COMP. 2001. HARVARD COLL., VOL. 6, 569 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY ULLETIN 193, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    SINNOTT, J.J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC. VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 164.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA OUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OF

  • Deposit

    MINES AND MINERALS, CALIFORNA STATE MINING BUREAU, P.9.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.W., III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,

  • Deposit

    T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA

  • Deposit

    RAE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    NO. MLA 71-83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT ESTIMATED 200,000 CUBIC YARDS OF INFERRED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES AVERAGE 0.038 OUNCE GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL WITHIN FIRST 10 FT OF BEDROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Scott U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.