Oroville

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072359
MRDS ID W017597
Record type Site
Current site name Oroville
Related records 10163035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61667, 39.45 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.61667, 39.45

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-01-01 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 2012-11-21 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey not a producer any more.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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