Mine detail: Craycroft Diggings Mine

Previously called 'West Yuba Rare Ii Area'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.61678, -120.80743

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold

Production

Operation type: Placer
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1890

Geology

References

MRDSW025464
MAS60910278
DEP10164814
Reference{Deposit:: 12TH RPRT STATE MIN P263,4;}{Deposit:: THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,}{Deposit:: P. 374.}{Deposit:: PRESTON, E.B., 1894, GOLD-SIERRA COUNTY, IN TWELFTH REPORT}{Deposit:: OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,}{Deposit:: P. 263 AND 264.}{Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1920, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA}{Deposit:: COUNTY, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 68.}{Deposit:: WHITNEY, J.D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, PHILADELPHIA, 498 P.}{Deposit:: WHITNEY, J.D., 1879, THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA}{Deposit:: NEVADA: MEM.MUS. COMP. 2001. HARVARD COLL., VOL. 6, 569 P.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY ULLETIN 193, P. 44.}{Deposit:: SINNOTT, J.J., 1972, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC. VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, P. 164.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, G.F., 1903, SIERRA OUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REGISTER OF}{Deposit:: MINES AND MINERALS, CALIFORNA STATE MINING BUREAU, P.9.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.W., III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,}{Deposit:: T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA}{Deposit:: RAE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS}{Deposit:: COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT}{Deposit:: NO. MLA 71-83.}
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