Craycroft-Wideawake Mine

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

Name: Craycroft-Wideawake Mine  

State:  California

County:  Sierra

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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