The Rising Sun is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 2,290 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: 2,290 Feet (698 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.10694, -120.96750
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Rising Sun MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rising Sun
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Colfax
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1875
Time Period: 1866 - 1875
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.7 %
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCHES AND SWELLS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Cuts Vein On One Side. Thought To Have Influenced Deposition Of Rich Ore Body On This Side.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gabbro Is Locally Saussuritized, Brecciated.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): EST 80% OF AURIFEROUS VALUE IS FREE AU. SULFIDE CONCENTRATES $150-$200/TON.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 18 IN. THICK
Comment (Production): EST. 80 % OF AURIFEROUS VALUE IS FREE AU. SULFIDE CONCENTRATES $150 - $200/TON
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS
Comment (Deposit): MINE CLOSED ABOUT 1935. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 347 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Location): UTM ACC E 1/2 , SE 1/4 , 33 , W 1/2 , SW 1/4 , 34 .
Comment (Deposit): AMONG SEVERAL DEPOSITS CONTAINING VANADATE MINERALS, THE GERTY MINE YIELDED ABOUT 250 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 10-12% V2O5
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 34 - 35 .
Reference (Deposit): WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 349 .
Reference (Deposit): CHANDRA, D. K., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORESTHILL QUADRANGLES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 .
Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1900 , GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES: COLFAX FOLIO, CALIFORNIA, NO. 66 .
Reference (Production): WARING ( 1917 ) , LOGAN ( 1936 ), UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ( 1900 ).
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