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Pinkston Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035928
MRDS ID M023881
Record type Site
Current site name Pinkston Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43272, 39.6921 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1.2 MI. ESE BIG BEND

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

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NUMBER OF ASSAYS INDICATED $2.50-$3/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43272, 39.6921
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST WORKED THROUGH ADIT, 50 FT. BELOW OUTCROP. ORE WAS STOPED 12 FT. WIDE BY 60 FT. LONG. LATER WORK INCLUDED LOWER ADIT RUN SOUTH FOR 110 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 378

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 220

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 90

  • Production

    LOGAN (1930)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN. THICKNESS OF 20 FT. OR MORE REVEALED BY DIAGONAL COURSE OF ADIT. ORE WAS A RED COLOR, LOW GRADE.
Deposit POSSIBLY PART OF EVENING STAR MINE HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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