The Michigan Bluff is a gold mine located in Placer 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
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Michigan Bluff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Michigan Bluff
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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 (Location): Used PLS and GIS to determine Lat/long.
Comment (Production): Profession Paper 73 describes production of $5,000,000 gold from 6,000,000 cubic yards gravel before 1911.
References
Reference (Deposit): California Division of Mines Special Report 67, p. 44
Reference (Deposit): Lindgren, W., 1911, The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 73, p. 135, 152
California Gold
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