Dairy Farm

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285606
MRDS ID M012051
MAS/MILS ID 0060610020
Record type Site
Current site name Dairy Farm
Alternate or previous names Vantrent, Trent
Related records 10032007

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.28914, 39.03069 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Far West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 006 E 27 NESWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.28914, 39.03069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 77
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 14.9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 CALIF.DIV.MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL.144, CALIF.DEP

  • Deposit

    RES, 1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS AND REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    SVCE V 14,NO 3,P 3;USBM MIN YB V 3,1960,P 195

  • Deposit

    REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. AFTER 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION THIS M WILL OPERATE 3 YEARS. ORE WILL BE HAULED 48 KM TO BOS (ID 060570440).MINE WILL OPERATE DURING LAST 3 YEARS OPERATION. THIS MINE WILL USE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FRO SPENCEVILLE MINE(ID 060570948). THE COSTS BELOW REFLE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT TO MINING OPERATION. ALL CAPITA COSTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY. MINE COSTED O OF 50% PROB ORE RESERVES. REC 030 LOCATION DATA FROM MILS SYSTEM. REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR COSTING MINE (1970 DOLLAR VA MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 759,000 ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 101,000 DEVEL 628,800 EQUIP 0 PLANT 0 WORK,CAP. 0 MINE OPERATING COSTS 14.900/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COST ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY (ID060 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 NOTE THAT THIS MILL WA COSTED. REFER TO BOSS MILL COSTING. REC 140 ORE TRUCKED 48KM TO BOSS MILL FOR CONCENTRATING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Lewis, J.D. 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

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