The Gold Dike Mine is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.19194, -120.54056
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Gold Dike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Dike Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Canada Hill
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: LENS, PINCHES - SWELLS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SE SIDE OF GOLD DIKE NO. 1 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST W 1/2 , NE 1/4 .
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 18 IN THICK.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A. 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 24 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 591 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN ( 1957 ), LOGAN ( 1936 ).
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