The Sailor Boy Diggings is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.53778, -121.02472
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Sailor Boy Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sailor Boy Diggings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
District: Brandy City 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: M. Carter
Years: 1894 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1855
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC
Comment (Geology): GRAVELS FROM OLD YUBA RIVER DRAINAGE OVERLAIN BY ANDESITE AND UNDERLAIN BY BEDROCK OF SLATE, SERPENTINE, AND SOME AMPHIBOLITE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD W025350 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. SEE ALSO: MRDS MO45262.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED TO HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS AVERAGING $.25/YD AU AT THE OLD PRICE
Comment (Deposit): ORE RICHEST NEAR BEDROCK
Comment (Location): IN TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST. EXACT LOCATION IS NOT KNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SITE LABELED BRANDY CITY ON TOPO MAP. ALTERNATIVE LOCATION IN OLD MRDS RECORD IS GIVEN AS SECS. 22 AND 21, T. 20 N., R. 9 E.
Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF PGE NOT VERIFIED, BUT NEARBY SERPENTINIZED AREAS AND LOW-SULFIDE AU-QUARTZ VEINS MAKE THE OCCURRENCE REASONABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - SIERRA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 272.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 73, P. 111.
Reference (Production): CLARK
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