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Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028440
MRDS ID M005405
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel
Related records 10284522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54133, 39.6271 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 004E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54133, 39.6271
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. Frank M. Cannon
    Home office Point Reys, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • FOR MANY YEARS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PLACER GOLD PRODUCERS OF THE STATE. PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO 1870 WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER $5,000,000. FROM 1870 TO JULY 1886 IT PRODUCED $5,008,208.62

Comments on the workings information

  • IN LATER YEARS IT HAS BEEN WORKED IN A SMALL WAY AS A DRIFT MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 441; R. 26, PP. 387-389

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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