The Relief Hill is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 3,921 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
Elevation: 3,921 Feet (1,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.36139, -120.86083
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Relief Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Relief Hill
Secondary: Relief
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: North Bloomfield District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Gold Inc.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1851
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES YIELDED $1,011.31/TON AU (0.22 OZ/TON, 7.5 PPM), $106.50/TON PT (0.016 OZ/TON, 550 PPB) AT 9 LB CONCENTRATE/TON GRAVEL
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE ESTIMATES RAN 5-15 MILLION YD REMAINING
Comment (Production): PGM PRODUCTION NOT VERIFIED
Comment (Development): HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON IN SPRING OF 1949
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC, DRIFTING, OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M011719 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Location): IN TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR EASTERN CANYON AT TOWN OF RELIEF. UTM GRID IS NOT SHOWN ON MAP; THUS, UTM IS APPROXIMATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, P. 433-434.
Reference (Production): LOGAN, 1941
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1186-1187.
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