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American Eagle

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035950
MRDS ID M023903
Record type Site
Current site name American Eagle
Related records 10138183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40466, 39.76682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 4.5 MI. W. MERRIMAC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulga(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 022N 005E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2, LOCATION EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.40466, 39.76682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peavine

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 600 FT. AND 1700 FT. LONG WITH 3 RAISES. FIRST, 300 FT. FROM MOUTH OF TUNNEL, REACHES SURFACE AT 75 FT. SECOND RAISE 400 FT IN, REACHES SURFACE IN 125 FT. THIRD 1200 FT. FROM PORTAL, REACHES SURFACE IN 318 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINER, J.A., 1890, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10, P. 128-129

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 5 FT. THICK PART OF VEIN SOFT, DECOMPOSED.
Deposit VARIOUS OTHER FIGURES GIVEN ON DEPOSIT, WORKINGS AND COSTS. ; 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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