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Sampson Lode

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035988
MRDS ID M023956
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Lode
Related records 10211466

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.27911, 39.5246 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position SW 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 006E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.27911, 39.5246
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1949, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 3, P. 451

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED LAND. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5983. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; 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.

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