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Big Bend

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028479
MRDS ID M005462
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bend
Alternate or previous names Evening Star, Pinkston
Related records 10260196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43244, 39.69155 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 005E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43244, 39.69155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 62 NE
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1942 - 1945

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. F. Allingham
    Home office Rt.1, Oroville, Ca.

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period - 1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 % Zn, 2 % Cu, .2 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 12wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • INDIVIDUAL COMMODITY INFO. FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., VOL. 2 , P. 63 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 294.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 134 FT SHAFT AND A 360 FT SHAFT, 472 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1943 ; STRATEGIC MINERALS, SACRAMENTO DISTRICT: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 3 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 312 - 313 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 ; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 423

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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