| Deposit ID | 10213367 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025569 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060910473 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Craycroft-Wideawake Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wideawake Mine, Nessler Mine, West Yuba Rare Ii Area |
| Related records | 10077711 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.78543, 39.63598 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1635 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fillmore(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 021 N | 011 E | 31 | S2 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -120.78543, 39.63598 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060910473 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025569 | MAS references MRDS |
PRESTON, E. B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORT
OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU,
P. 274-275.
PRESTON, E. B., 1893, SIERRA COUNTY, IN ELEVENTH REPORT OF
THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU,
P. 405.
WHITNEY, J. D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:
GEOLOGY, V. 1,, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.
WHITNEY, J. D., 1879, THE AUIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA
NEVADA: MEM. MUS. COMP. ZOOL., HAVARD COLLECTION, V. 6,
569 P.
CLARK, W. B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF.
DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 193, P. 44.
SINNOTT, J. J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:
CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 172.
TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OF
MINES AND MINERALS: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 8.
WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION
OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND
5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.
BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT. NESSLER MINE IS PART OF CRAYCROFT-WIDEAWAKE PROPERTY. THREE SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.0006 TO 0.0022 OUNCE GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL. MINE CONSISTS OF ALBERTA, KATIE, FRANCES, RUTH, SISTER K, ADELINE, JOAN, MABEL, ELAINE, VIRGINIA, HESTER, AND CHRISTINE CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-MAY-1990 | Scott | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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