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Wyoming Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036004
MRDS ID M023979
Record type Site
Current site name Wyoming Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Diamond
Related records 10114472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61856, 39.8957 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1.5 MI. WNW TOADTOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 003E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 NE 1/4 AND N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.61856, 39.8957
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Schistosity Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS SPONGY BROWN LIMONITE-STAINED QUARTZ FORMATION, WHICH SHOWS SCHISTOSITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. N. Understock And Mattye M. Understock

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FT. ADIT WITH 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES. LATER ADIT DRIVEN 90 FT. HIGHER AND TO SW. FIRST 200 FT. DRIVEN THROUGH SCHIST, NEXT 200 FT. THROUGH SHALE OR SLATE.

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. 432

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SEAMS. OTHER VEINS STRINGERS RICH IN GOLD WHERE THEY CUT BLACK SLATE
Deposit 34 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

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Authoritative California resources

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