Red Ledge

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10031922
MRDS ID	M011733
Record type	Site
Current site name	Red Ledge
Related records	10163996

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Centroid
Geographic coordinates:	-120.80347, 39.33834 (WGS84)
Relative position	Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	017N	010E	12,13		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1)	-120.80347, 39.33834	List Map

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ LODE ALONG MAJOR FAULT BETWEEN SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND AMPHIBOLE SCHIST OF THE TIGHTNER FM.; 10-30' LODE EXTENDS ABOUT 8000'; GOLD OCCURS AS LEAVES AND PLATES IN QUARTZ OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY MARIPOSITE AND ANKERITE GANGUE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M011733

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 31

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MORE THAN $25,000 IN "SPECIMEN" GOLD REPORTED MINED VIA 50' ADIT TO VEIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-73	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey