Lucky Quartz Mine, Union Hill Quartz Mine (Union Hill Qtz; Gold Point; Centennial/Lucky/Cambridge; Union Hill vein; Cambridge-Lucky vein; Creek-Tungsten vein), Idaho-Maryland group, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 12' 42'' North , 121° 1' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Grass Valley | 12,944 (2017) | 3.2km |
Nevada City | 3,152 (2017) | 5.6km |
Alta Sierra | 6,911 (2011) | 8.2km |
Rough and Ready | 963 (2011) | 9.7km |
Colfax | 2,005 (2017) | 13.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Nevada County Gem & Mineral Society | Grass Valley, California | 3km |
Sutter Buttes Gem & Mineral Society | Marysville, California | 49km |
Mindat Locality ID:
84360
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:84360:2
GUID (UUID V4):
cb245388-4565-4223-bd0a-06c99ff0e10a
A former lode Au occurrence/mine located in secs. 25 & 36, T16N, R8E, MDM, about 3.3 km ENE of Grass Valley proper (1.5 miles E of Grass Valley per MRDS file), NE of Union Hill, on private (patented) land. The property comprises 18.25 acres. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.
NOTE: USGS MRDS file #10101269 presents geogrpahic coordinates of 39.21166, -120.97305, placing this locality far to the E of its stated location. There is an apparent error in the longitude value. The longitude value presented in this Mindat file is for the center boundary between secs. 25 & 36, T16N, R8E, MDM.
Mineralization is a vein deposit.
Workings include underground openings with an overall depth of 365.76 meters.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10101269 |
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