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Craycroft Diggings Mine

The Craycroft Diggings Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 5,358 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

Name: Craycroft Diggings Mine

State:  California

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 5,358 Feet (1,633 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.6169, -120.80640

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Craycroft Diggings Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Craycroft Diggings Mine
Secondary: West Yuba Rare Ii Area

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Sierra

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT ESTIMATED 200,000 CUBIC YARDS OF INFERRED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES AVERAGE 0.038 OUNCE GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL WITHIN FIRST 10 FT OF BEDROCK.

References

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.

Reference (Deposit): WHITNEY, J.D., 1879, THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: MEM.MUS. COMP. 2001. HARVARD COLL., VOL. 6, 569 P.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY ULLETIN 193, P. 44.

Reference (Deposit): 12TH RPRT STATE MIN P263,4;

Reference (Deposit): THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

Reference (Deposit): P. 374.

Reference (Deposit): PRESTON, E.B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORT

Reference (Deposit): OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

Reference (Deposit): P. 263 AND 264.

Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 68.

Reference (Deposit): WHITNEY, J.D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC. VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 164.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA OUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OF

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND MINERALS, CALIFORNA STATE MINING BUREAU, P.9.

Reference (Deposit): WHITE, W.W., III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,

Reference (Deposit): T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA

Reference (Deposit): RAE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

Reference (Deposit): COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT

Reference (Deposit): SINNOTT, J.J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:

Reference (Deposit): NO. MLA 71-83.

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