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Hazard

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036030
MRDS ID M024017
Record type Site
Current site name Hazard
Related records 10187024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.52077, 39.56182 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 1 MI. N. SYCAMORE HILL ADJOINS OLD BANNER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 004E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.52077, 39.56182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872

Comments on the workings information

  • 660 FT. ADIT. SHAFT FROM OLD BANNER MINE REPORTED AS UTALIZED IN WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINER, J.A., 1890, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10, P. 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, AVG. 4 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED. 3 CLAIMS ; 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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