The Gold Hill Dredging Co. is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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Gold Hill Dredging Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill Dredging 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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE COURSE IS INDICATED BY A SERIES OF SMALL HILLS CAPPED WITH ANDESITE UNDER WHICH GRAVEL HAS BEEN MINED IN SEVERAL PLACES. HERE, SOME 2 1/2 MILES IN LENGTH OF THE ANCIENT GRAVEL IS EXPOSED, LYING BELOW THE PRESENT DRAINAGE.
Comment (Production): WORK WAS BEGINNING HERE IN 1935.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REMNANTS OF BOTH EARLY AND LATE TERTIARY GRAVEL DEPOSITS, LEFT BY THE PREHISTORIC AMERICAN RIVER THAT WERE MINED AT THE HASKELL (SECS. 21, 28-12N-8E) APPARENTLY AT ONE TIME EXTENDED FROM THERE TO THE OLD BARTON AND LAIRD DRIFT MINES (SEC. 22, 27? THIS TP) BUT INTERVENING DISTANCE APPARENTLY ERODED TO THE EXPOSED GRANODIORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 81, 90
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO
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