Grass Valley District

Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000011
MRDS ID D001063
Record type District
Current site name Grass Valley District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03433, 39.21659 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(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 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03433, 39.21659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name GRASS VALLEY DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    FARMIN, ROLLIN, 1941, OCCURENCE OF SCHEELITE IN THE IDAHO-MARYLAND MINES, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL.37, NO.2, P.224.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTONE, W.D., 1940, THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.: USGS PROF. PAPER 194, P.43, 89, 97-98.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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