California · Sierra County
Past Producer

Craycroft-Wideawake Mine

Sierra County, California, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10213367
MRDS IDW025569
Alternate namesWideawake Mine, Nessler Mine, West Yuba Rare Ii Area
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.63598, -120.78543
References
PRESTON, E. B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORTOF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU,P. 274-275.PRESTON, E. B., 1893, SIERRA COUNTY, IN ELEVENTH REPORT OFP. 405.WHITNEY, J. D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:GEOLOGY, V. 1,, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.WHITNEY, J. D., 1879, THE AUIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRANEVADA: MEM. MUS. COMP. ZOOL., HAVARD COLLECTION, V. 6,569 P.CLARK, W. B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF.DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 193, P. 44.SINNOTT, J. J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 172.TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OFMINES AND MINERALS: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 8.WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONOF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.