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Big Kimshew Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091964
MRDS ID M005491
Record type Site
Current site name Big Kimshew Mine
Alternate or previous names Ream and Burnside Mine
Related records 10211055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43773, 39.95209 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4. UNKNOWN MINE SYMBOL IN NE 1/4 ON FOR. SERVICE MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kimshew Point(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)

Federal lands

Lassen National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 005E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43773, 39.95209
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HYDRAULIC MINES IN AURIFEROUS GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. FOR. SERV. MAP OF PLUMAS NAT'L FOR., 1950

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 43--BIDWELL BAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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