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Golden West

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035931
MRDS ID M023884
Record type Site
Current site name Golden West
Related records 10138311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23855, 39.57266 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 2.4 MI. W. MAYNARDS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(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 020N 007E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23855, 39.57266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 45NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, AT LEAST 450 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 50

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, LEWIS E., 1903, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, NO. 17, P. 8-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE. REPORTEDLY 3 VEINS, 6-20 FT. THICK. FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

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