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Owl Creek Mine, Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Owl Creek Mine, Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:331097
Long-form Identifier:1:3:331097:7
GUID (UUID V4):5480bb2a-e401-4f99-9a9a-731ff6433fce
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.4km (0.2 miles) Effie Placer Mine, Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Eureka Consolidated Mine (Eureka Cons.; Eureka No. 1 claim; Eureka No. 2 claim; Eureka Extension No. 1 claim; Buttes Extension claim; Hathaway claim; Kirkland claim), Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Garbe and De Maria Mine (Dry Hill; Blue Jay), Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Unnamed Au mine [39], Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Unnamed Au mine [37], Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Alameda Mine, Weimar, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Whiskey Tunnel Mine, Weimar, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Peckham Hill Gold Mines Inc. (Peckham Hill Mine), Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) International Mine (Cons. Intl. [Consolidated International]; International Quartz Mine), Grizzly Bear House, Placer County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Big John Mine (Tigar claim; Buena Vista claim; Ruby claim; Blue Bell claim), New England Mills, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
References
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Report (volume)
DEER CREEK AREA, IDAHO rEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-C Mineral Resources of the Clear Creek-Upper...Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek Study Area, Contiguous to the Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho By FRED W. CATER...Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek study area, contiguous to the Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho...Title: Mineral resources of the Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek study area. IV. Series. V. Series: United...results of a mineral survey in the Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek study area, contiguous to the Idaho Primitive
Report (volume)
TO WILDERNESS WILDERNESS AREAS SOUTH WARNER CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SI RVKY BUL.LF 11\ i..-,.>-D Mineral...Resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, California By WENDELL A. DUFFIELD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, California. (Studies related tc wilderness wilderness...I 19.3:1385-D 1. Mines and mineral resources-California-South Warner Wilderness. I. Weldin, Robert D...mineral survey of the South Warner Wilderness, California. CONTENTS Summary _________________________________________
Report (issue)
This 34-ounce gold nugget was reportedly found at South Pass, Wyoming, during a past gold rush. The nugget...that reportedly contained as much as 630 ounces of gold (see Hausel, 1991). Photograph courtesy of the Natural...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California. INTRODUCTION Welcome to Wyoming...Wyoming! If you have come to our state to search for gold, diamonds, agates, or other precious metals or gemstones...in the state, when in fact several gemstone and gold discoveries have been made in Wyoming during the
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___________________________________________________ Bridger and Owl Creek mountains_, ________________________, __________________..._________________________________ _ Granite of Owl Creek Mountains _____________________________________________...___________________________________________________ _ Owl Creek Mountain region ______________________ -·- __...___________________________________________________ _ . -Owl Creek Mountain region. ____________________________.............. __ .... __ .. _. ___ ..... __ 15 Owl Creek Mountain region ... _.. _........ _..........
Report (issue)
Mineral Resource Appraisal of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho by Rick Johnson , Terry Close2, and Ed...S. Government. 1 2 3 U.S. Forest Service, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Salmon, Idaho U.S. Bureau...and U.S. Forest Service describes the purpose, authority, and operation for a program of forest-wide studies...intended to assist the Forest Service in incorporating mineral resource data in forest plans as specified...specified by the National Forest Management act (1976) and Title 36, Chapter 2, Part 219, Code of Federal Regulations
Report (issue)
- Wyoming gold. Gold buttons in the prospector's pan were recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste...waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button in the lower left is approximately '...',4 inch. (Gold photographed by Alan J. VerPloeg; drawing by Phyllis A. Ranz.) THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS by W. Dan Hausel Laramie, Wyoming 1989... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirwin district . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS ON WIND AND BIGHORN RIVERS, WYOMING. By FRANK C. SOHEADER. INTRODUCTION. This paper contains...contains a brief account of an examination of the gold placers on Wind and Bighorn rivers, in Fremont and...E. E. Jones of the Wind River Indian Agency, to mining men, prospectors, and ranchers in the region, and...northwestern part of Fremont County. (See PI. I.) It is bounded on the north by Owl Creek, a tributary of the...tributaries of Wind River. On the north are the Owl Creek Mountains, which also are high and rugged, culminating
Report (volume)
.......... GOLD AND SILVER: Notes on the economic geology of southeastern Gunnison County, Colo., by...by J. M. Hill...................................................... 7 12 16 21 The Hornsilver district...raining district, Oregon, by D. F. MacDonald..... Faulting and vein structure in the Cracker Creek gold...gold district, JBaker County, Oreg., by J. T! Pardee...................................... Sur/ey publications...publications on gold and silver................................. COPPER: The Yerington copper district, Nevada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy and Microstructures of Carbonaceous Gold Ores* G. C. Wilson and J. C. Rucklidge IsoTrace...mineralogical and geological aspects of the Owl Creek and Hoyle Pond gold mines, located in Archean metasediments...northern Ontario, Canada. The occurrence of "invisible gold" of Cenozoic age, hosted in structurally-controlled...microprobe data in order to describe aspects of gold mineralization from these Ontario mines and from...enriched in gold, are briefly compared with features of the mine geology. Although no mine generates carbonaceous
Report (volume)
Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area, Modoc County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 706-F...Colorado-Federal Bldg.. Rm. 169.1961 Stout St LOS ANGELES, California-Federal Bldg.. Rm. 7638,300 N. Los Angeles St...Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402.12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg.. Rm. 8105...8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse, Rm. 504.555 Battery St. SPOKANE, Washington-US...Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area, Modoc County, California By MICHAEL G. SAWLAN and JAMES G. FRISKEN
Report (volume)
vols. 38, 39. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 7-18; Transactions...series, vols. 21-24. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 8th and 9th Annual...Science: Bulletin, vol. 8, nos. 4-6. Buffalo, N. Y. California Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 4th ser., vol...Francisco, Cal. California Journal of Technology, vols. 8-10. Berkeley, Cal. California Physical Geography...Club: Bulletin, vol. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters
Report (volume)
Meetings. Washington, D. C. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions, nos...Section of Bulletin, 1933, 1934. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 5th...18, 20, 21 (nos. 66, 67, 69-72). Ithaca, N. Y. California Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 4th ser., vols...Francisco. California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines: Bulletins 104, 109; California Journal...Sacramento. California Oil Fields, vols. 17 (nos. 3, 4), 18, 19 (no. 1). San Francisco. California, University
Report (issue)
STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gold And Uranium Potential Of The Wind River Formation...22 Gold potential of the Wind River Formation...............................22 Source of the gold in...conglomerate of the Wind River Formation and its gold........................................23 Analytical.......25 Possible gold concentrations in non-conglomeratic sandstone..........28 Gold recovery from the............15 10. Gold-placer values in modern stream gravels and location of gold-bearing roundstone
Report (issue)
___ ................. _. . . . . . . . Bitterroot Valley . _. ___ .. _. ...... _. _...... _. _.... _.. ___...Bitterroot Range-Continued. Geology-Continued. Carlton Creek contact_._._._. ____ .. _. _.. _.. ___ . _... ____...__ ._ .........·......... ---_ . -- .. - .. Mill Creek section . ____ ..............·..... ____ . _. _... _________ . ____ . _. _. _______ . ___ . Rock Creek section ________ .. _.. ___ . __________ ~ ____...____ . ______ .... _________ . _. Trapper Creek section. ____ ._ .. ________ . __ ._. ____ ... ___ ... ___
Journal (issue)
. . . . Jacqueline G. Haggerty-Foster. Myrtle Creek . . Portland Pendleton State Geologist . . . ....Bakersfield, California, resumed a multi-well drilling program at the Mist Gas Field, Columbia County, Oregon...located in NW'/4 sec. 5, T. 6 N., R. 5 w., Columbia County. Taylor Drilling Company, Chehalis, Washington...continent. The location shown here, along Trout Creek in the Suplee area of east-central Oregon, is one...and Linn Counties, Oregon, edited by Brittain E. Hill. DOGAMI Open-File Report 0-92-3,61 p., 1 map. Price
Journal (issue)
Paper. $1.00. OLD MINES AND GHOST CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA by Ekman, Parker, Storms, Penniman and Dittmar...of mining, and various kinds of minerals mined, including history regarding the discovery of gold in...the Gulf of California, this book reveals still another side of mysterious Baja California. In a 25foot...TO THE MOHAVE DESERT OF CALIFORNIA by Russ Leadabrand. Includes Death Valley, Joshua Tree National Monument...Monument and Antelope Valley. Well illustrated. Paper. $1.95. $6.75 - - Ji^HL ,^2 • * - • • jjjjJ DESERT
Report (issue)
SURVEY Lance Cook, State Geologist SEARCHING FOR GOLD IN WYOMING by W. Dan Hausel Information Pamphlet...Company, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Front cover: The Red Mask mine, circa 1955, is located a short distance west of...Bow Mountains, Wyoming. This mine probably produced minor amounts of gold. Pencil sketch by W. Dan Hausel...and rock hounds searching for gold. Even though there are many types of gold deposits in a geologic sense...general types of gold deposits, placer and lode (Hausel, 2001). Some famous placer deposits include the
Report (issue)
IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER HAMILTON State Mineralogist [December, 1917...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE...OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 19 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Cr CALIFORNIA Da v I S CONTENTS. Page Administrative
Book (edition)
......ccccceeceee WY 130: Laramie—The Saratoga Valley ERG SOW yA e SOA sees ores ee as oes eae ein US...well-preserved, hard-shelled fossils of all phyla. Mullen Creek-Nash Fork shear zone forms in southeast Wyoming...Hole when the Tetons cast long shadows across the valley floor. It is the feeling of antelope grazing on...means to a better life in the Pacific Northwest, California, or Utah, but it was no place to stop. To the...railroad building days, boomed during the various gold rushes in the mountains, boomed with Beartooth
Book (edition)
.- ,: --- . :i! __;,;,,~ • ·. I ..' - ros I Gold Prospectors Ass ociation of America P. 0. Box 891509...- Temecula, CA 92589 (909) 699-4749 - 1994 Mining Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INrRoDUCI'ION ••••••••........................................ AR 1-3 California .................................................... . 1994 Mining Guide INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT - PLEAsE READ! The 1994 GPM Mining Guide is designed...listed from north to south), directions and mining commen ts; gold-producing areas, general prospecting regulations
Report (issue)
canyon wall on north side of North Fork Cherry Creek and on Tony Ridge, Bull Camp Peak 1 1/2-minute quadrangle...Geological Survey National Center, MS 954 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 22092 Robert S. Houston Research...iron-formation formerly quarried at the Atlantic City mine. Return to Holiday Lodge, Lander, for evenin~. Tuesday...participants visit Copper Mountain supracrustal belt of Owl Creek Mountains, and return to Casper airport by 4:00...Company, Bart Rea and Bruce Ward, owners of the Duncan Mine, Michelle Vinich of Club EI Toro, and Sue Homec
Report (issue)
............ 5 II. New World (Cooke City) mining district ....................... 32 III. Goose Lake...Independence mineral district ............................... 37 VI. Jardine-Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain...Mountain mineral district ............ 39 VII. Emigrant mineral district ...................................... 40 VIII. Chromite deposits of the Red Lodge district .................... 41 I.. Investigations of.... 42 .. Directories of mineral occurrences and mining enterprises .......... 43 .I. Petroleum potential
 
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