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Berry Creek 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035962
MRDS ID M023918
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41522, 39.65266 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Relative position 0.3 MI. NW MADRONE LAKE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 005E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SURFACE OF HILLSIDE PANS SMALL QUANTITIES OF FREE GOLD IN MANY PLACES

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) -121.41522, 39.65266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E,NW
    Dip SE,SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS YIELDED $10/TON UNDER WASTEFUL MILLING CONDITIONS, WITH HIGH LOSS IN TAILINGS. MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM BUCHES OF RICH POCKET ORE. TOTAL OUTPUT EST. FROM $30,000-$80,000. NO SPECIFIC DATES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, 65 FT. LONG, AND SERIES OF SHORT ADITS ON STEEP MTN. SIDE ABOVE (EAST) OF ROAD. LOWEST ADIT 175 FT. LONG. 70 FT. BELOW OPEN CUT, ADIT WITH STOPE AND DRIFT TO VEIN. 20 FT. BELOW THIS LEVEL, WINZE SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN PAY ORE. ADIT FROM ROAD LEVEL EST. 200 FT. LONG, WITH PAY ORE IN CROSS VEIN 15-20 FT. BACK FROM 2 FT. VEIN, WHICH WAS STRUCK 70 FT. FROM PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MIENS AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 370

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS. NARROW PAY VEIN 2 FT. THICK. ORE FEW IN.-5 FT. THICK IN PLACES. GOOD GRADE.
Deposit 80 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

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