Yuba Cons

The Yuba Cons is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 3,179 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yuba Cons
Secondary: Yuba Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Veins In Shear Zone Of Granodiorite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 3 - 15 FT THICK W/1 % BASE METAL SULFIDES

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS, DRIFTING

Comment (Geology): MOST WORK DONE NEAR POINT WHERE VEIN CUT BY 4 FT DIKE

Comment (Deposit): 17 ACRES. YUBA CLAIM PART OF 440 ACRES UNDER CONSOLIDATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): CLAIMED THAT FORMER OWNERS PRODUCED EST $2,000,000 PRIOR TO 1918 . EST. YIELD FROM YUBA VEIN $200,000 FROM LATER WORKINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 P. 468 .

Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 259 - 260 .

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 32 .

Reference (Production): MACBOYLE ( 1918 )

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