The Western World is a copper, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Yuba county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.175, -121.29167
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Western World MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western World
Secondary: Dempsey Ranch Prospect Late 1800's
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Yuba
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound Exhalative
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1973
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Isoclinally Folded And Faulted Metamorphic Belt Whose Bedding, Foliations And Major Structural Features Generally Trend Northwest And Dip Steeply To The East.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritic
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, GARY C ., 1990, MINERAL LAND CLASSIFICATION OF THE WESTERN WORLD MINING COMPANY COPPER-ZINC DEPOSITS NEAR SMARTVILLE, YUBA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT 90-1, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1994
Reference (Production): TAYLOR, 1990
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