USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Placer County
Home Ticket Drift Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Placer
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A placer Au occurrence/drift mine located in sec. 35, T15N, R12E, MDM, 0.9 km (0.6 mile) E of Last Chance, on the N canyon wall of Grouse Creek, on private land within a National Forest area. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meter…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Drift
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 adit symbols
- Adit : Greek Store , 1952
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Drift
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A placer Au occurrence/drift mine located in sec. 35, T15N, R12E, MDM, 0.9 km (0.6 mile) E of Last Chance, on the N canyon wall of Gr…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Native Gold
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 85447
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
- underground workings
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