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Triumph 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035957
MRDS ID M023911
Record type Site
Current site name Triumph Mine
Related records 10162664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.17298, 39.58377 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1 MI. S. SUGAR PINE GAP, N. SIDE OF CANYON OF S. FORK FEATHER RIVER

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)

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 020N 007E 15,22 California

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.17298, 39.58377
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 70
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT WHERE A BRANCH OF A GRANITIC INTRUSION INTRUDES AMPHIBOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martha G. Higgins
    Home office Goodyears Bar, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS; NO. 3 900 FT. VERTICALLY ABOVE RIVER; NO. 2 100 FT. HIGHER. BOTH CONNECTED BY RAISE WHICH STRIKES NO. 2 200 FT. FROM PORTAL. VEIN WAS STRUCK AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL BETWEEN NO. 2 AND NO. 3 ADITS. MILLSITE.

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. 382-383

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIABLE DIP YIELDED FREE GOLD WITHOUT SULFIDES ON ACCOUNT OF NEARNESS TO SURFACE
Deposit 5 CLAIMS 90 ACRES ; 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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