Florence Prospect

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035965
MRDS ID M023922
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Prospect
Related records 10114687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.31577, 39.70794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 0.3 MI. E. MOUNTAIN HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brush 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)

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 021N 006E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE DESCRIBED AS COARSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ROSE QUARTZ VEIN STRUCK IN A HOLE, WHERE IT WAS SAID TO PAN. WEST VEIN PROSPECTED BY 50 FT. SHAFT, WHICH CUTS VEIN FOR 14 FT. 162 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT RUN TO PROSPECT ALL 3 VEINS.

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. 373

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS IN 130 FT. WIDE ZONE. ROSE QUARTZ VEIN DOES NOT CROP OUT; MIDDLE OR WEST VEIN 4 FT. THICK. EAST VEIN, 9 FT. THICK, TRACEABLE FOR 0.5 MI.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS. 40 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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