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Quartz from
Secret Canyon Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Secret Canyon Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:333980
Long-form Identifier:1:3:333980:0
GUID (UUID V4):4a41d368-bbcf-45a5-837f-3d58e6722aaa
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Au prospect [77], Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Bannister Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜Oro Mine (Code; Oro No. 1; Oro No. 2), Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Slug Canyon Tunnel Company Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Golden Star Mine (Gold King vein; Gold Queen vein; Vesuvius vein; Victor vein), Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Hughs Mine (Hughes Mine), Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ā“˜City of Six Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Dolan (Golden Hub; Golden Bear), Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Mineral Mountain Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Australia Mine, Downieville, Downieville Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in California. Although...Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n gold-bearing districts in the state.
Report (issue)
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA : I I / BY WALDEMAR - LINDGREN ...Ā·.. . Outline of later geologic history of the Sierra Nevada ..... ___ __ _____ __ ________ ~ ___ . _......... __ . _. _. _........... ~. '- ....... . Mining debris ............................. _.... ___..... ________ . . _. __ .-. ; ... __ Quantity of mining debris, by G. K. Gilbert ...ā€¢..... _._ ...................................... _. _.. _... _ The Sierra Nevada ....... _._ ........ . ........... :Ā·..
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES KENNETH I. FULTON, Director DIVISION OF MINES ... 38 State Mineralogist January, 1942 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA LIBRARY University of California DAViS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...LOGAN, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. _ Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averii.l, District Mining
Report (volume)
THE FORTIETH PARALLEL AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA BY JOSIAH EDWARD SPURR WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...._...__...._________.___.__.._._..__.___ Grand Canyon group __._--__.__..___-..---. ...-------.-.---............................................. Secret Canyon shale:..................................................................._....... 68 Quinn Canyon and Grant ranges....-------....--...-._.-----....volcanics ........................................... Quartz-latites -......--.---..------..--..-..-..--.-.-
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No, 92 ISSUIDBYTfSE CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING...http://www.archive.org/details/bulletin92cali CALIFORNIA STATK MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO LLOYD... No. 92 GOLD PLACERS OF CALIFORNIA BY CHARLES SCOTT HALEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE FRANK...points proved in same. Chapter I. Control of Mining Debris History of problem and efforts to solve...valleys. Future benefits to be derived. II. Placer Mining Methods Methods of liandling- and commercial exploitation
Journal (volume)
ssv/y STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF... State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1937 No. 1 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UAfi^tWRAI DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND...Geologist C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Sacramento San Francisco Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer Los Angeles Los
Report (issue)
The Eureka Mining District Nevada By THOMAS B. NOLAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 406 Prepared...Geddes limestone ___________Ā·_______________ _ Secret Canyon shale ___________________ Ā·_____ _ Ham burg...Cretaceous system _____________________________ _ Newark Canyon formation __________________ _ Igneous rocks of...age _________________ _ Quartz diorite _____________________________ _ Quartz porphyry ___________________________..._______________________ _ Structural features in the Newark Canyon formation _______________________________ _ Hornblende
Report (volume)
viii-ix. The physical geology of the Grand Canon district, by Clarence E. Button, pp. 47-166, pis. x-xxxvi...Abstract of report on geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp...of'the geology of the Comstock lode and the Wash oe district, by George F. Becker, pp. 291-330, pis. xlvi-xlvii...xviii-xxiii. Abstract of report on'geology of the Eureka district, Nevada, by Arnold Hague, pp. 237-290, pis. xxiv-xxv...ii-xxx. Abstract of a report on the mining geology of the Eureka district, Nevada, by Joseph Story Curtis
Report (issue)
Powell, United States geological survey Nevada with district Eureka of the Geology | | | title: director...Geology Arnold Hague | Washington Eureka | district [Vignette] | | Powell, director with an atlas...Geology of the Eureka Arnold Hague [Vignette] district | | | ? S Washington 4. | xvii, 419 pp...Price $1.50. Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Button, Capt., U....III. Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 4. xv, 422pp
Book
true stories from annals of the northern California gold mining. region, including El Dorado, Placer, ...0-9618678-0=9' (pbk. ) 1. I. Gold Title. miners-ā€”-California--History. II. Title: Gold, guns, and Gallantry...true stories from annals of the Northern California gold mining region, including El Dorado, Placer and...by Norman McLeod GOLDRIDGE PRESS Newcastle, California First Edition Copyright Ā© 1987 by Goldridge...and typography: Laser Connection, Roseville, California Dedication To my wife of 43 years, Esther
Report (issue)
dolomite___________ Geddes limestone.___________ Secret Canyon shale._________ Lower shale member. .... Clarks...formation_________--______--. Beacon Peak dolomite member. Oxyoke Canyon sandstone member... Sentinel Mountain dolomite..._________________ Meister member.__________________ Hayes Canyon member.____________ Devonian and Mississippian...Cretaceous system.____________---____-_-__ Newark Canyon formation._____________ References cited._____...Eldorado dolomite, the Geddes limestone, and the Secret Canyon shale (with a lower shale member and an upper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
v. 102, pp. 1129ā€“1155 Bald Mountain Gold Mining District, Nevada: A Jurassic Reduced Intrusion-Related...Colorado 80209 Abstract The Bald Mountain mining district has produced about 2 million ounces (Moz) of...localized within and surrounding a Jurassic (159 Ma) quartz monzonite porphyry pluton and dike complex that...boiling. The isotopic compositions of H and O in quartz and sericite and S and Pb in sulfides are indicative...with exhumation made them amenable to open-pit mining and processing using cyanide heap leach methods
Journal (volume)
1 . Weekly { 18. Cento a Copy LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA , MARCH 1 , 1913 . Cheaper Coal Is Easily to...almost any . coast . where in the feed and fuel district . One remedy seems close at hand the vast coal...Santa Fe about 1,800,000,000 tons . At ton for mining it and it is retailed in the rate the coal is being...$ 15 a ton which represents the and Southern California at a compara difference from the time it is mined...producers to a helpful dissertation on coal lands mine coal extensively where a market which locators and
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------Ā­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................ 263 Condition o f the Sierra Nevada before and during the Gravel Period. 264................................. From the Ralston Mine to Summit Valley The lower C ourse................States Geological Survey in the Gold belt of thĆ© Sierra Nevada, carried out under the direction of Dr G...accurate idea of the Neocene topography within this district, and to call further attention to certain channels...which m ight prove reĀ­ m unerative if opened by mining operations. The continuity of some of these can
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1936 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY RUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 0373 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OP< CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Logan, District Mining Engineer McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR 408 A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA............................................. Secret Canyon shale................................................................... Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location...geology............................................. Mine descriptions...................................
Report (issue)
and acknowledgments Clark County CL-1: Spring Mountains locality Elko County EL-1: Independence Mountains...locality Eureka County EU-1: Diamond Mountains locality EU-2: Prospect Ridge locality Lincoln County LI-1: Southern...Mountains locality LI-7: Desert Range locality Nye County, northern part NN-1: Toquima Range locality NN-2:...Valley locality NN-6: Quinn Canyon and Grant Ranges locality Nye County, southern part The Eleana Formation...37 ~~ 89 CONTENTS Continued Page White Pine County WP-1: Ruby Mountains locality WP-2: Cherry Creek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I T E HORSE) MINING D I S T R I C T is located in the Pah Rah Mountains in Washoe County, 20 miles northeast...northeast of Reno, Nevada. Most producĀ­ tion in the district came from lode minesā€”up to 400 feet deepā€”and placers...serpentine, quartz, pyrite, and limonite. Active commercial mining continues in the district. Figure 1:...Map showing location of the Olinghouse minĀ­ ing district, Nevada (Hill, 1911). Figure 3 (below): Location...Fault (A-A') within the Olinghouse mining district, Washoe County, Nevada (USGS 15-minute quadrangle
Report (issue)
Pennsylvanian and Permian Systems ____ -_- __ _ Brock Canyon Formation _______________ _ Antler Peak Limestone...Granodiorite ______________ ----Quartz monzonite ________ ------Quartz diorite porphyry ______ --Inclusions...Range_----Breccia pipes ____ ----------------------Horse Canyon breccia pipe ____ ------Location and geologic relations--Coarse...merate __ - - ___ -- - --- ----Quartz nionzonite porphyry-----Quartz latite and rhyolite porphyry dikes...dikes_-----Conglomerate and breccia near Horse Canyon mouth __ - - ----Development of the pipe-- - ----III
Book
PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 ā€” \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic inforĀ­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. ā€œMining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevadaā€, as...parts:ā€”one on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which
Book
expressed for the courtesies extended by the Washoe County and University of Nevada libraries. The staff is...States Department of Agriculture; G. H. Hansen, District Agent of the Biological Survey; Louise Lewers...principal of the Winhemucca School District; George P. Annand, district judge, Ely; Lester Mills, instructor...First NEVADANS Oe WILDERNESS TO MopERN STATE MINING AND MINING JARGON RANCHING AND STocK GROWING STOCK JARGON...Section c. Fernley to Reno Section d. Reno to California Line JES 115 . , Elkoā€”Jiggsā€”Harrison Passā€”Ruby
Report (issue)
MAP OF THE DESCANSO QUADRANGLE, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By Wendy C. Hoggatt and Victoria R. Todd...map of the Des.canso quadrangle, San Diego County, California Purpose of project: Published maps indicate...Peninsular Ranges batholith in southern San Diego County comprise a relatively unfaulted block but topographic...Peninsular Ranges batholith of southern California and Baja California (Fig. 1). Nine plutonic units have...feature of the plutonic rocks in southern San Diego County is the prevalence of synplutonic contacts between
Journal (issue)
............................ by B. Birch 5 California The history of crystallized gold in C a lif o...the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated to the California State mineral...Photo by James Patton. See the article on the California State collection beginning on page 81. Copyright...all been unravelled. On Arizona collection. or quartz or even silver. On the subject of the other hand...exotic. virtually all the value of a wulfenite or a quartz crystal. In fact, The only problem posed by goldā€™s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 1225ā€“1241 Alligator Ridge District, East-Central Nevada: Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization...Carlin-type deposits in the Alligator Ridge mining district are present sporadically for 40 km along the...Corresponding 120Ėš Ba THE ALLIGATOR RIDGE mining district is in east-central Nevada, about 115 km south-southeast...100 km northwest of Ely (Figs. 1, 2a). The gold district is on the southern extension of the northwest-striking...is east and southeast of the Bald Mountain mining district (Fig. 2b), which contains gold deposits interpreted
 
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