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Red Hill Mine

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035949
MRDS ID M023902
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.57078, 39.8282 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1.5 MI. NW SAWMILL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 023N 004E 19,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 19, N 1/2 30

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 > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.57078, 39.8282
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK DESCRIBED AS DECOMPOSED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Magalis

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. ADIT CONNECTS MINE WITH WILLARD CONSOLIDATED QUARTZ MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1949, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 3, P. 450, PL. 8

  • Deposit

    PRESTON, E. B., 1893, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11, P. 158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 80 ACRES. PATENTED. ; 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

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