Sol Wood Mine

The Sol Wood Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 5,587 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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Site Name

Primary: Sol Wood Mine
Secondary: West Yuba Rare Ii Area

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Sierra

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Vernon Huffman-Lessee
Company ID: 404309

Owner Name: Costa, Anna
Company ID: 404309

Owner Name: Folsom, Anna
Company ID: 404309
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT 16,000 CUBIC YARDS OF INDICATED AND INFERRED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES AVERAGE 0.081 OZ GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL (2,600 INDICATED) (13,400 INFERRED).

References

Reference (Deposit): OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND

Reference (Deposit): 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.

Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 69.

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

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. ZOOL., HAVARD COLLEGE., V. 6,

Reference (Deposit): 569 P.

Reference (Deposit): WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION

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

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

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