California · Nevada County
Past Producer
Pennsylvania
Nevada County, California, United States
Gold Lead Zinc Silver
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
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeLarge
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSEAM, IRREGULAR SHOOTS QTZ. IS SHEARED, MASSIVE AND COMB
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiabase
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUTNY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 230 - 233 .JOHNSTON, W. D., 1940 , THE GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 194 , P. 83 - 86 .MACBOYLE ( 1918 ) JOHNSON ( 1940 )
Identification
Deposit ID10007471
MRDS IDC011334
Alternate namesW.Y.O.D.
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.20878, -121.05631
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.