Mine detail: Monte Cristo Mine

Previously called 'West Yuba Rare Ii Area'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.59598, -120.85824

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold

Production

Operation type: Placer
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911

Geology

References

MRDSW025466
MAS60910280
DEP10237904
Reference{Deposit:: HALEY, C. S., 1923, GOLD PLACERS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF.}{Deposit:: STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 92, P. 126.}{Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1920, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA}{Deposit:: COUNTY, IN SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST:}{Deposit:: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 10.}{Deposit:: WHITNEY, J. D., 1865, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA:}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, PHILDELPHIA, 498 P.}{Deposit:: WHITNEY, J. D., 1879, THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA}{Deposit:: NEVADA: MEM. MUS. COMP. ZOOL., HAVARD COLLEGE, VOL. 6,}{Deposit:: 569 P.}{Deposit:: SINNOTT, J. J., 1922, DOWNIEVILLE GOLD TOWN ON THE YUBA:}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA TRAVELER, INC., VOLCANO, CALIFORNIA, 203 P.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W. W., III, AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND}{Deposit:: 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 71-83.}
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