The Whiskey Diggings is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 499 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
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Whiskey Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whiskey Diggings
Secondary: Harpending Mine
Secondary: Valley View
Secondary: Bonanza?
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Clipper Gap
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Goodwin Trent-Lessee
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Landis And Gaylord Of Auburn
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1852
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
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REC 120 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 INDICATE THAT NO COSTING DONE, AS ORE RESERVES ON THIS PROPERY ARE TOO SMALL REC 151 SAME AS REC 120. REC 140 AND 160. IF ENOUGH ORE WAS PRESENT TO MINE IT WOULD TO MARYSVILLE FOR CONCENTRATING. THE CONCENTRATE WOUL BE RAILED TO TACOMA WASH. FOR SMELTING AND REFINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF 1 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM ORIGINAL STUDY IN 1960.
Reference (Deposit): ,5-SACRAMENTO,CJMG V 32 NO 1,1936,P 40;V 53 NOS 3 & 4,P 593-
Reference (Deposit): REF 2 CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL. 144, CALI
Reference (Deposit): NAT. RES.,1948.INCLUDE PLATES AND REFERENCES.
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF CALIF.,15TH REPT.OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,P.32
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