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Clark Canyon Mine

Unknown in Sierra 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289439
MAS/MILS ID 0060910757
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names West Yuba, Monte Carlo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.81274, 39.66658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
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

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)

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 24 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.81274, 39.66658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.W. III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,

  • Deposit

    T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA

  • Deposit

    RARE II AREAS (NOS.5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    NO. MLA 71-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECENT GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL BENCH 9 SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.0023 TO 0.12 OZ GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL ABOUT 2,400 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL CONTAIN ABOUT 0.013 OZ GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-1997 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

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