The Dairy Farm is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 299 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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Dairy Farm MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dairy Farm
Secondary: Vantrent
Secondary: Trent
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. AFTER 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION THIS M WILL OPERATE 3 YEARS. ORE WILL BE HAULED 48 KM TO BOS (ID 060570440).MINE WILL OPERATE DURING LAST 3 YEARS OPERATION. THIS MINE WILL USE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FRO SPENCEVILLE MINE(ID 060570948). THE COSTS BELOW REFLE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT TO MINING OPERATION. ALL CAPITA COSTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY. MINE COSTED O OF 50% PROB ORE RESERVES. REC 030 LOCATION DATA FROM MILS SYSTEM. REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR COSTING MINE (1970 DOLLAR VA MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 759,000 ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 101,000 DEVEL 628,800 EQUIP 0 PLANT 0 WORK,CAP. 0 MINE OPERATING COSTS 14.900/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COST ATTRIBUTED TO BOSS PROPERTY (ID060 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 NOTE THAT THIS MILL WA COSTED. REFER TO BOSS MILL COSTING. REC 140 ORE TRUCKED 48KM TO BOSS MILL FOR CONCENTRATING.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF 1 CALIF.DIV.MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL.144, CALIF.DEP
Reference (Deposit): RES, 1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS AND REFERENCE
Reference (Deposit): SVCE V 14,NO 3,P 3;USBM MIN YB V 3,1960,P 195
Reference (Deposit): REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION.
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