Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Placer | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Dutch Flat | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Truckee | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Chico | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
North Fork American | hydrologic unit |
Lower Sacramento | hydrologic accounting unit |
Sacramento | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Areas administered by US Federal agencies | |
Tahoe National Forest | National Forest |
National Forest FS | Type of land area |
FS | Federal land areas administered by FS |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 4 (Western Sierra Nevada) | CA | Ordovician to Triassic |
Tertiary pyroclastic and volcanic mudflow deposits, unit 9 (Cascade Range) | CA | Tertiary (2-24 Ma) |
Ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 2 (Western Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains) | CA | Late Proterozoic(?) to Early Jurassic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
North Fork American | M-D | North Fork American 860 line km with spacing 1.10 km over parts of CA |
Chico | M/R-D | Chico 4869 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA-NV |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
PC03 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic |
PC08 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic |
PC40 | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein | Mesozoic |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Calaveras-Baker | Accretionary wedge | Western Cordillera |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Smith and Mccullom Prospect | Occurrence | CR |
Smith & Mc Cullom Deposit | Occurrence | CR |
Mc Intyres Claim | Unknown | AU |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
North Fork Chrome Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
North Fork Chrome | Producer | California, United States |
North Fork Chrome Mine | Past Producer | California, United States |
Morgan Extension Occurrence | Occurrence | California, United States |
Smith and Mccullom Prospect | Occurrence | California, United States |
Smith & Mc Cullom Deposit | Occurrence | California, United States |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Cascade Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America |
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |