Reese and Jones

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10091966
MRDS ID M005497
Record type Site
Current site name Reese and Jones
Related records 10284387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43773, 39.99543 (WGS84)

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 025N 005E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43773, 39.99543

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AU DRIFT MINE. THE CHANNEL IS FROM 75-100' WIDE, AND THE GRAVEL , UP TO 5' THICK, CONSISTS MOSTLY OF SLATE PEBBLES IN SUBANGULAR FRAGMENTS, SOME OF THEM 1 OR 2' IN DIAMETER. VERY LITTLE SMOOTH WASH IS VISIBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE GRAVEL IS WELL CEMENTED AND THE GOLD IS MOSTLY COARSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

Authoritative California resources

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