Pocahontas

The Pocahontas is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

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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

Name: Pocahontas  

State:  California

County:  Plumas

Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.77361, -121.24917

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Pocahontas MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pocahontas


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: Plumas
District: Granite Basin


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Analytical Data: $5 AU, $3 AG AND $6 CU FROM VARIOUS OPENINGS.


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Millerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): MOURNING STAR, GRANITE BASIN, AND COQUETTE MINES ADJOIN. COMPRISED OF 60 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN WITH GOUGE ON BOTH WALLS.

Comment (Workings): 30 FT. SHAFT AND 40 FT. TUNNEL ON THE POCAHONTAS CLAIM, A 40 FT. INCLINE ON THE MINNEHAHA CLAIM. OTHER WORKS CONSISTS OF SEVEN OPEN CUTS AT INTERVALS OF 100 FT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL IS CALAVERAS SLATES, HANGING WALL-PORPHYRY (POSSIBLY SCHISTS), ROCK IN WHICH COPPER BODIES ARE FOUND IS LARGELY EPIDOTE FILLED WITH SMALL GRAINS OF NATIVE COPPER. THE KIDNEYS SHOW LARGE LUMPS OF NATIVE COPPER, WITH RED OXIDE AND CARBONATES.


References

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , PLUMAS COUNTY: 12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 69

Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 158


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