USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Sierra County
Russell Hill Drift Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Sierra
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former placer Au occurrence/drift mine located in sec. 19, T19N, R9E, MDM, 2.7 km (1.7 miles) WSW of Indian Hill, N of Jouberts Road, and ESE of Oak Valley, on National Forest land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters. …
Additional documented workings
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Drift
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Drift
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A former placer Au occurrence/drift mine located in sec. 19, T19N, R9E, MDM, 2.7 km (1.7 miles) WSW of Indian Hill, N of Jouberts Roa…
- 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
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 93574
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
- underground workings
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