Latitude: 39°15'44"N
Longitude: 121°2'14"W
A former lode Au-Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu mine located in sec. 35, T16N, R8E, MDM, about ⅓ mile W of Nevada City.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Mariposa Formation (slate, granodiorite).
Local structures include a fault fissure.
Production data are found in: MacBoyle (1919); Logan (1930); and Logan (1920).
References
Lindgren, Waldemar (1896a), Description of the gold belt; description of the Pyramid Peak sheet: USGS Geological Atlas Pyramid Peak folio (No. 31), 8 pp.
MacBoyle, Errol (1919), Mines and mineral resources of Nevada County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. , 270 pp. (Report 16) (published as separate chapter): 16: 135-143.
Logan, Clarence August (1921), Auburn field division: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 17): 17: 435-436.
Logan, Clarence August (1930), Nevada, Yuba Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 26): 26(2): 103-104.
Johnston, William Drumm (1938), Vein filling in Nevada City, California: Geol Society of America Bulletin: 49: 23-24; […(abstract): American Mineralogist: 22: 216 (1937)]: 27.
Logan, Clarence August (1941), Mineral resources of Nevada County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 37): 37(3): 378-379, Pl. 3.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 61.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 27 (map 2-15), 105.
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