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California · Nevada County
Past Producer

Wisconsin Qtz

Nevada County, California, United States
Gold
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryGold
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsUnderground

Materials

Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

FOOTE, A. B., 1941 , THE PRICE OF GOLD: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 , P. 467 .HOBSON, J. B., 1890 , NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10 , P. 375 .MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 163 .JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 82 .MACBOYLE ( 1918 ) HOBSON ( 1890 ) JOHNSON ( 1940 )

Identification

Deposit ID10007278
MRDS IDC010978
Alternate namesMenlo, Wisconsin-Illinois
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.19156, -121.07104
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.