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Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields

Occurrence in Yuba county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165799
MRDS ID W026089
MAS/MILS ID 0061150003
Record type Site
Current site name Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields
Related records 10111249, 10214788

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.48025, 39.19548 (WGS84)
Elevation 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Browns Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 004 E 25 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.48025, 39.19548
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1905
Milling method Gravity

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner West Gold
    Interest 66.7
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Yuba Natural Resources
    Interest 33.3
    Year 1990
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Robinson Enterprises
    First year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1991
    Description Most Recent Available Data 458000 Contained Troy Oz. Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14245394.29g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 53904300mt ore
    Demonstrated 53904300mt ore
    Total resources 53904300mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.166 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 145000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 145000000mt ore
    Total resources 145000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.1229 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FORMERLY NAMED: PLACER SERVICE CORP. NO PUBLISHED DATA AS OF 1991.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V46 NO2 PP151 177

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN NE1/4 OF SEC 11 SECS 13 14 22 26 28 33 T16N R5E SECS

  • Deposit

    T15N 5E AND ALSO IN SECS 25 35 36 T16N R4E AND IN SECS 20 29

  • Deposit

    T16N R6E 11 129 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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