Scientific data near [39.03017,-120.78631]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 5.7 km north-south.

Geographic context

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
Foresthill	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

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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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

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
North Sierra Foothills	M-D	North Sierra Foothills 8481 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA
Chico	M/R-D	Chico 4869 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA-NV

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
PC03	Skarn Cu	Mesozoic
PC08	Porphyry Cu	Mesozoic
PC08	Porphyry Cu	Mesozoic
PC17	Massive sulfide, Sierran kuroko	Jurassic
PC40	Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein	Mesozoic

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Calaveras-Baker	Accretionary wedge	Western Cordillera

National geochemical survey database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.

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Sample ID	Material	Source
C-257520	Sediment	Stream, Wet

Asbestos mines, prospects, and occurrences in the US

Location and mineralogical characteristics of former mines, prospects, and occurrences of asbestos in the continental US. No asbestos producing mines are currently active. Data here are drawn from several previously published reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
unnamed occurrence (in Lady's Canyon)	occurrence	Placer, CA

Podiform chromite deposits

Location and characteristics of 1,124 individual mineral deposits of this type, with grade and tonnage models for chromium as well as several related elements.

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Record	Type	Comment
Mountain View
Washout Claim
Buttercup Chrome
Poco Tiempo

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Three Queens	Past Producer	AU PB
Little Greek Claims	Producer	CR
Ferrier Diggings	Past Producer	AU
Duffey Lease	Past Producer	CR
Doherty Prospect	Past Producer	AU
Washout Claim	Past Producer	CR
Washout Claim	Past Producer	CR FE
Michigan Bluff	Occurrence	NI
Dewey and Stocker	Past Producer	AU
West Quartz	Past Producer	AU
Marigold Occurrence	Occurrence	CR
Mountain View Group, Victory Chrome Co.	Producer	CR
Coal Pit, Bunker Mine	Occurrence	CR
Washington Mine	Past Producer	AU
Lehigh Canyon Patent Property	Producer	CR
Volcano	Producer	AU
De Maria Mine	Past Producer	AU
Johnny Rafael	Past Producer	AU
Bunker Mine	Producer	CR
Unnamed	Past Producer	AU
Ladies Canyon	Unknown	AU
Lehigh	Unknown	AU
Coal Pit	Past Producer	CR
Doherty Prospect	Occurrence	AU
Marigold	Past Producer	AU AG
Spanish Mines Cons	Past Producer	CR
Pioneer Slope	Unknown	AU
Blue Jay	Unknown	AU
Eva Lode	Unknown	AU
Bunker and Nihill	Past Producer	AU
Volcano	Past Producer	AU
Doherty	Past Producer	AU
Unnamed	Past Producer	AU
Unnamed	Past Producer	AU
Maus Tunnel	Unknown	AU
Prospect	Unknown	AU
Spanish Mines Consolidated	Producer	CR
Yankee Jim Deposit	Occurrence	MN
Baker Divide	Past Producer	AU
Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine	Past Producer	CR
Florida & Tilton	Unknown	AU
Doherty	Occurrence	AU
Spanish	Unknown	AU
Mosquito Ridge Mine	Unknown	AU
Prospect	Unknown	AU
Little Greek Claims	Past Producer	CR
Bunker & Nihill	Unknown	AU
Rio Del Oro	Past Producer	AU
Three Queens	Past Producer	AU
Breece & Wheeler	Past Producer	AU
Rio Del Oro	Producer	AU
Sellier	Unknown	AU
Mountain View Group	Past Producer	CR
Blanche	Past Producer	AU AG
Paragon Prospect	Occurrence	AU
Lehigh Canyon Patent	Past Producer	CR
Homestake	Occurrence	AU
Mitter Slope	Past Producer	AU AG
West Quartz Claim	Unknown	AU
Marigold	Past Producer	AU AG
Paragon	Producer	AU
Bunker Mines	Producer	CR
Baker Divide	Producer	AU
E A Garrison Prospects	Occurrence	CR
Dewey & Stocker	Occurrence	AU

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Washout Claim	Past Producer	California, United States
Spanish Mines Consolidated	Producer	California, United States
Mountain View Group, Victory Chrome Co.	Producer	California, United States
Lehigh Canyon Patent Property	Producer	California, United States
Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine	Past Producer	California, United States
Coal Pit	Past Producer	California, United States
Spanish Mines Cons	Past Producer	California, United States
Mountain View Group	Past Producer	California, United States
Lehigh Canyon Patent	Past Producer	California, United States
Washout Claim	Past Producer	California, United States
Marigold Occurrence	Occurrence	California, United States
Coal Pit, Bunker Mine	Occurrence	California, United States
Michigan Bluff	Occurrence	California, United States
Duffey Lease	Past Producer	California, United States

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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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

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	point
Mine Shaft	point
Open Pit Mine	point	Paragon Mine
Prospect Pit	point
Adit	point	Three Queens Mine
Open Pit Mine	point	Paragon Mine
Prospect Pit	point
Adit	point	Three Queens Mine
Adit	point	Volcano Mine
Adit	point	Volcano Mine
Adit	point
Adit	point