The Liberty Hill Diggings is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California.
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Mine Info
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Liberty Hill Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Hill Diggings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1923 HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS OVER A SHORT TIME MADE A SMALL CLEANUP
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AURIFEROUS NEOCENE GRAVELS - CONTINUATION OF DUTCH FLAT CHANNEL. GRAVEL WAS ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP; 30 FT. OF REDDISH QUARTZ GRAVEL COVERING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF BLUE GRAVEL HYDRAULIC MINE.
Comment (Deposit): ABOUT 2,000,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL HAD BEEN REMOVED HYDRAULICALLY IN 1880'S WITH ABOUT 16,000,000 CU. YDS REMAINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 66, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): EC. GEOL. SHEET
Reference (Deposit): DOM 20TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 12; ADD. REF.: 17TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 440
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