| Deposit ID | 10213403 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025508 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060910343 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Deadwood Diggings Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | West Yuba Rare Ii Area |
| Related records | 10077680 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.85664, 39.67988 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1737 |
| 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 | 010 E | 15 | NWNWSW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -120.85664, 39.67988 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060910343 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025508 | MAS references MRDS |
CALIF JOUR V 53;
STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 92, P. 125.
WHITNEY, J.D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:
GEOLOGY, VOL.1, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.
WHITNEY, J.D., 1879, THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA
NEVADA:MEM. MUS. COMP. 2001. HARVARD COLL., VOL. 6,569 P.
LINDGREM, W., 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA
NEVADA: UNITES STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER
93, P.109.
MACBOYLE, E., 1920, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA
COUNTY, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:
CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P.19.
SINNOTT, J.J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA.
CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P.171.
WHITE, W.W., III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,
T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATIN OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA
RARE II AREAS (NOS. 524 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS
COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT
NO. MLA 71-83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT. MOST GRAVEL IN DEPOSIT MINED PREVIOUSLY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-JUN-1990 | Scott | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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