New California 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213488
MRDS ID W025502
MAS/MILS ID 0060910331
Record type Site
Current site name New California Mine
Alternate or previous names Table Rock, West Yuba Rare Ii Area, California Cons
Related records 10077676

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.87574, 39.69738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
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

La Porte(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

Plumas 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 021 N 010 E 09 NWSWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.87574, 39.69738

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., P. 19.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA

  • Deposit

    NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 73, P. 109.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 193, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND

  • Deposit

    5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT. GOLD CONTENT IN 3 SAMPLES ABOVE BEDROCK AVERAGED 0.0007 OZ GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAY-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.