The California Gold and Copper is a copper mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 600 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: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.15889, -121.25694
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California Gold and Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Gold and Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Spenceville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: D. L. Evans
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED CONTENT OF 6 % CU, SOME AU, AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Workings): SIXTEEN TO ONE CLAIM: 30 FT. SHAFT ON A 20 FT. VEIN, CARRYING 7 - 14 % CU. JACKSON CLAIM: 450 FT. TUNNEL ON LEDGE, CARRYING 8 % CU, $10 AU; VEIN IS 6 - 7 FT. IN THICKNESS. CROPPINGS ARE FOUND BEYOND THE BREAST OF THE TUNNEL, ANOTHER SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP IN ORE
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 65 ACRES. IN 1908 THE HOLDINGS INCLUDED THE JACKSON. SAN FRANCISCO, AMERICAN, ST. LOUIS, PHILADEPHIA, AND SIXTEEN TO ONE CLAIMS. FROM THE ACREAGE NOW SHOWN IT IS APPARENT SOME OF THE CLAIMS HAVE PASSED INTO OTHER HANDS. THE ORE WAS COMPOSED OF MALACHITE, BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, IRON PYRITE & QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 195 , 197 , 203
Reference (Deposit): MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY, 16 TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST: CA. MIN. BUR., P. 84
California Gold
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