Latitude: 39°14'38"N
Longitude: 121°1'7"W
A former lode Au mine located about 2/3 mile S of Nevada City.
Mineralization is hosted in diabase.
Local structures include small normal faults which strike E and dip N, cutting the veins.
Production data are found in: MacBoyle (1918).
References
Lindgren, Waldemar (1896a), The gold-quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley districts, California: USGS 17th. Annual Report, part 2: 1-262; […(abstract): A.I.M.E. Transactions: 14: 667-668 (1897-98); …(abstract): Zeitschr. Prakt. Geologie, Jahrg. 7: 210-213 (1899)].
MacBoyle, Errol (1918), Mines and mineral resources of Nevada County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau: 16: 234-235.
Logan, Clarence August (1941), Mineral resources of Nevada County, California: California Division Mines Report 37: 374-408; […California Journal of Mines and Geology: 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: 118.
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).
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