The Craycroft-Wideawake Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 5,364 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: 5,364 Feet (1,635 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.6361, -120.78440
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Craycroft-Wideawake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Craycroft-Wideawake Mine
Secondary: Wideawake Mine
Secondary: Nessler 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
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Production
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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. NESSLER MINE IS PART OF CRAYCROFT-WIDEAWAKE PROPERTY. THREE SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.0006 TO 0.0022 OUNCE GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL. MINE CONSISTS OF ALBERTA, KATIE, FRANCES, RUTH, SISTER K, ADELINE, JOAN, MABEL, ELAINE, VIRGINIA, HESTER, AND CHRISTINE CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION
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): BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.
Reference (Deposit): PRESTON, E. B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORT
Reference (Deposit): OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU,
Reference (Deposit): P. 274-275.
Reference (Deposit): PRESTON, E. B., 1893, SIERRA COUNTY, IN ELEVENTH REPORT OF
Reference (Deposit): THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU,
Reference (Deposit): P. 405.
Reference (Deposit): WHITNEY, J. D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, V. 1,, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.
Reference (Deposit): WHITNEY, J. D., 1879, THE AUIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: MEM. MUS. COMP. ZOOL., HAVARD COLLECTION, V. 6,
Reference (Deposit): 569 P.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 193, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): SINNOTT, J. J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 172.
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OF
Reference (Deposit): MINES AND MINERALS: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 8.
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