The Cleveland is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 4,249 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: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.56083, -120.71444
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Cleveland MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleveland
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: 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: PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 PERCENT PYRITE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF ADITS. NO 3 ADIT 2580 FT., WINZE SUNK 300 FT. BELOW ADIT NO. 3 .
Comment (Production): POSSIBLY WORKED IN LATE 20S, EARLY 30S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ORE SHOOTS
Comment (Geology): RIBBON QTZ. WHICH SWELLS TO SEVERAL FT., & 2 ORE SHOOTS EXPOSED FOR 200 FT. IN ADIT NO. 1 , 250 FT. IN ADIT NO. 2 WHICH IS 100 FT. BELOW ADIT NO. 1 , AND 500 FT. IN ADIT NO. 3 WHICH IS 280 FT. BELOW NO. 2 . DISTANCES VERTICAL.
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. 53 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 161 , 162 , 174 .
Reference (Deposit): PRESTON, E. B., 1893 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 11TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST FOR 1892 , P. 414 - 415 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN 1929
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