The Cedar Quartz is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.04167, -121.11083
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Cedar Quartz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cedar Quartz
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. S. Parker
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Production): COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 LBS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): IN DIABASE NEAR CALAVERAS SLATE CONTACT: SERPENTINE BELT TO EAST.
Comment (Deposit): 27.21 AC. PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): SUPERFICIAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE, SHAFT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 20 , N 1/2 NW 1/4 29
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 134 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 277 .
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