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Snow's Mine

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028496
MRDS ID M005492
Record type Site
Current site name Snow's Mine
Related records 10284494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41939, 39.95209 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 NW 1/4. HYDRAULIC MINE NEAR W 1/4 COR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kimshew Point(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 005E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.41939, 39.95209
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BOTH SNOW'S MINE AND UNNAMED HYDRAULIC MINE ARE IN AURIFEROUS GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE GOLD RECOVERED FROM THE SNOW GRAVEL MINE, ON GRANITE, SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED LARGELY FROM THE SLATES ABOUT GRAVEL RANGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.