A former lode Au mine located in secs. 11, 12 & 13, T16N, R8E, MDM, about 1/3 mile W of Nevada City.
Mineralization is hosted in granite and slate.
Production data are found in: MacBoyle (1918).
References
Crawford, James John (1894), Twelfth report of the State Mineralogist: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 12): 12: 198-199.
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)]: 116, 117, 120.
MacBoyle, Errol (1918), Mines and mineral resources of Nevada County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau: 16: 138.
Foote, A.B. (1941), The Price of Gold: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 37(3): 462, Pl. 3.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 62, 106, 203.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 27 (map 2-15), 51, 105.
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