The Virginia Placer Co. is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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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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Virginia Placer Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Placer Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
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 (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SHALLOW GRAVEL WHICH PROBABLY CONSISTS OF REMNANTS OF IONE SHORELINE GRAVELS, DISSECTED BY LATER STREAMS AND GULLIES. GRAVEL LIES UNDERNEATH 2-3 FT. OF SOIL AND SAND AND AVE. DEPTH OF DIGGING HAS BEEN 10 TO 11 FT. BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE, YIELDING ABUNDANT SAND. CHANNELS ARE HARD TO FOLLOW AND ARE LIKELY SEGMENTS REMAINING FROM FORMER COURSE OF A BRANCH OF COON CREEK WHICH RUNS ALMOST IN THE LINE OF STRIKE OF SOME OF THE OPHIR QUARTZ VEINS. WORKED BY DRAGLINE - BUCKET CAP. 1 -3/4 CU. YDS. ELEVEN MEN EMPLOYED IN 1935 WITH DRAGLINE RUNNING 18 HOURS A DAY AND WASHING PLANT 16 HOURS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P.84
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO
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