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Union

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101287
MRDS ID C011502
Record type Site
Current site name Union
Alternate or previous names New York
Related records 10286310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08882, 39.24933 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position 3 MI. SW NEVADA CITY
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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 016N 009E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08882, 39.24933
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Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 34 E
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, TUNNEL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS C011502

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 254 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 266 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 - 4 FT. THICK, AVG. 1 FT. 5 % SULFIDES
Deposit NOT TO BE CONFUSED W/NEW YORK CLAIM IN T 16 N, R 9 E, SEC. 8 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey