The Auburn Pacific is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Auburn Pacific MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Auburn Pacific
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Gold Ore Reduced To 74 Tons Of Concentrates, With Recoverable Copper And Lead In Addition To Gold - Silver.
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEV. BY 400-FT. VERT. SHAFT AND 500 FT. DRIFTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 281
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G. 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 588 - 589
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