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I.X.L. Quartz Prospect

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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036008
MRDS ID M023985
Record type Site
Current site name I.X.L. Quartz Prospect
Alternate or previous names Madre De Oro?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55606, 39.75348 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 1.5 MI. WSW SHORE OF CONCAW RES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 004E 20 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55606, 39.75348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Concaw

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rolland E. And Harold F. Knapps
    Home office San Jose, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • 30 TONS OF SELECTED ORE REPORTED TO HAVE PLATED $14/TON, BUT GENERAL SAMPLING RETURNED ONLY $4.11/TON IN GOLD. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 120, 250 FT. LONG. 60 FT. APART VERTICALLY. 80 FT. SHAFT HIGHER ON SLOPE.

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. 376

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18 IN.-4 FT. THICK.
Deposit 20 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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