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Lewis 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035987
MRDS ID M023954
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.27633, 39.5271 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position AT OLD FORBESTOWN

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 019N 006E 02,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4 2, N 1/2 NW 1/4 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.27633, 39.5271
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hariet Lewis
    Home office Forebestown, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF ADITS AND RAISES CONNECTING WITH SURFACE. FEW SMALL STOPES. LOWEST ADIT 1038 FT. LONG RUNS S20W, 395 FT. BELOW SURFACE ON DIP AT FACE. 220 FT. RAISE NEAR FACE. CROSSCUT LEVEL 400 FT. LONG

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. 377

  • Production

    LOGAN (1930)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 15-20 IN. THICK. ORE DISTRIBUTION SAID TO BE SPOTTED IN ORE ZONE PINCHING NORTH
Deposit 3 CLAIMS. 60 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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