The Gold Bluff is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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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
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Gold Bluff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bluff
Secondary: Gold Bluff No. 1
Secondary: Ext. Gold Bluff No. 2 Ext.
Secondary: Gold Bluff No. 5
Secondary: Fraction
Secondary: Gold Bluff 4 & 5
Secondary: Gold Bluff Placer
Secondary: Oregon
Secondary: New Year.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 2 MAIN ADITS. NO. 3 INTERSECTS VEIN AT 1050 FT., W 600 FT. OF DRIFTS; NO. 4 , 210 FT. BELOW, INTERSECTS VEIN AT 1400 , W 600 FT. DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): 3 VEINS, THE GOLD BLUFF AND 2 PARALLEL VEINS ALONG CONTACT OF SLATE FOOTWALL AND PORPHYRY DIKES HANGING WALL. GOLD BLUFF VEIN AVE. 3 FT. THICK, AT LEAST 1 MI. WIDE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 PAST ASSOCIATION W OXFORD GROUP RESULTED IN LITERATURE CONFUSION ABOUT SECTIONS.
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 56 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 177 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 110 .
Reference (Production): MACBOYLE, 1920
California Gold
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