The Spring Hill is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.22611, -121.04222
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Spring Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting?
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greenstones Highly Carbonitized Along Veins
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES APPROX. 6000 FT. OF DIAMOND DRILLING
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 30 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 P. 429 , 464 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , REVIEW OF GOLD MINING IN EAST - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 16 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 280 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 93 - 94 .
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