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Southern Cross 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035984
MRDS ID M023950
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cross Mine
Alternate or previous names Edel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.31661, 39.54627 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 2 MI. NW SUNSET HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(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 006E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4

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) -121.31661, 39.54627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 2.13M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edel Mining Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SAID TO AVG. $8/TON, WITH SOME BUNCHES OF HIGHER GRADE AND HIGH GRADE CONCENTRATE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 1800 FT. ADIT DRIVEN FROM E. BANK OF RIVER. 3 SMALL STOPES WERE MINED, ONE NEAR PORTAL, ONE MIDWAY IN ADIT. BOTH WORKED TO SURFACE. ANOTHER NEAR FACE WORKED TO HEIGHT OF 100 FT. 2 WINZES, EACH 75 FT. DEEP, SUNK BELOW MAIN ADIT. FROM INNER WINZE, LOWER DRIFTS RUN 105 AND 95 FT. ONLY PARTS OF OREBODIES WERE STOPED ABOVE A LOWER ADIT. UPPER ADIT, 700 FT. LONG, CONNECTED TO LOWER. ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF RIVER, ON SAME LEVEL AS LOWER ADIT, AN ADIT RUNS SW 400 FT., WITH A WINZE 50 FT. DEEP ABOUT MIDWAY, AND 30 FT. OF DRIFTS AT BOTTOM CLAIMED TO BE IN ORE, 3 FT. IN THICKNESS.

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. 379-380

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 222

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4-7 FT. THICK WITH AT LEAST 3 ORE BODIES.
Deposit 80 ACRES. INCLUDES MANZANITA FRACTIONAL CLAIM AND MANZANITA EXT. ; 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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