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Deadwood Diggings Mine

The Deadwood Diggings Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 5,699 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: Deadwood Diggings Mine

State:  California

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.68, -120.85560

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Deadwood Diggings Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Deadwood Diggings 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

Type: Located Claim

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: 1892
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. MOST GRAVEL IN DEPOSIT MINED PREVIOUSLY.

References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF JOUR V 53;

Reference (Deposit): STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 92, P. 125.

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. 2001. HARVARD COLL., VOL. 6,569 P.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREM, W., 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: UNITES STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER

Reference (Deposit): 93, P.109.

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.19.

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

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

Reference (Deposit): RARE II AREAS (NOS. 524 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P.171.

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