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Quartz Hill Area

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033759
MRDS ID M020404
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Hill Area
Related records 10235606

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19966, 39.63488 (WGS84)
Relative position ON QUARTZ HILL, 8 MI FROM FEATHER FALLS BY GRADED DIRT ROAD, A SMALL TOWN ON THE FEATHER RIVER RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 021N 007E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIELD TESTS WITH DIMETHYLGLOYOXEME INDICATE TRACE AMOUNTS OF NICKEL. NO SAMPLES WERE TAKEN OR ASSAYED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.19966, 39.63488
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ HILL IS UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINITE UPON WHICH LIES A THIN COVER OF TAN LATERITIC-SOIL. 20 ACRES OF LATERITIC-SOIL IS SAID TO BE LESS THAN 3 FT. DEEP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J. H., 1974 ( 1957 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1898 , BIDWELL BAR FOLIO: U.S.G.S. GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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