The Reward is a copper mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.06972, -120.73111
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Reward MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reward
Secondary: Cosmopolitan
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
District: Genesee Valley
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MALACHITE AND AZURITE NEAR SURFACE BORNITE OCCURS AS SOLID BODIES.
Comment (Production): ACTIVE IN 1928 - NO KNOWN PRODUCTION VALUES.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE WITH 15 FT. LENSES
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 200 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS; MAIN ONE IS 500 FT. IN LENGTH WITH NUMBER OF DRIFTS ON STRINGERS. IT DEVELOPED A 5 FT. VEIN OF AU ORE ASSAYING $3.40 . VEIN SAID TO INTERSECT CU VEIN WITHIN 100 FT. AT DEPTH OF 240 FT. SOME ORE STOPED IN UPPER WORKINGS. LOWER TUNNEL IS 270 FT. IN GRANODIORITE UPPER TUNNEL, 60 FT. LONG EXPOSES 14 FT. OF CHALCOPYRITE - MIDDLE TUNNEL 120 FT. LONG SHOWS 17 FT. OF ORE AVG. 6 % CU.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 289 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 108 - 109
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