The Valley View is a copper mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 551 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: 551 Feet (168 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.97722, -121.25694
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Valley View MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View
Secondary: Whislcey Diggings
Secondary: Harpening Kilaga Springs
Secondary: Whiskey Hill.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. B. Landis
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: L
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolin
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS 130 AND 280 FT. DEEP, ONE INCLINED SHAFT 180 FT. DEEP, TWO ADITS AND AN OPEN PIT.
Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSE QUARTZ PORPHYRY IN SCHIST. ASSOCIATED ANDESITE DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: IN OPEN CUT SCHIST STRIKES N 48 W, DIPS 76 NE
Comment (Deposit): GENERALLY GOLD AND COPPER VALUES DECREASE, WHILE ZINC INCREASES WITH DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): LODE INDICATED BY GOSSAN ON THE SURFACE, ITS REPORTED TO BE 200 FT. WIDE AND 1000 FT. LONG. A 100 - FT. ANDESITE DIKE, STRIKING N 80 W, DIPPING 72 NE IS MINERALIZED. GOSSAN EXTENDS TO DEPTH OF 100 FT. WHERE SULFIDES ARE ENCOUNTERED.
Comment (Production): ORE FROM 1912 AVG. 6 % CU, .312 OZ. AU AND .645 OZ AG/TON; IN 1917 ORE AVG., 3.74 % CU, .161 OZ AU AND 1.71 OZ AG/TON; 1942 - 1943 ORE AVG., 1.37 % CU, .19 OZ AU, AND 2.18 OZAG/TON WITH RECOVERABLE PB, ZN NOT REPORTED.
Comment (Commodity): THE ORE HERE IS LOW GRADE
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 593 - 594
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES , P. 40
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 5,SACRAMENTO; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 40; V. 53, NOS. 3, 4, P. 593-4; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 329-330; 23RD REPORT P. 246-247, 286
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957
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