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Middle Fork Feather River

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 10091974
MRDS ID M005527
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Fork Feather River
Related records 10260115

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.29093, 39.64895 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brush Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 021N 006E 11,15,21,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAY BE AURIFEROUS, ARE AMENABLE TO PLACER MINING, AND ARE OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC. GOLDEN GATE MINING & MANUFACTURING WORKING THE AREA USING A 10" AND TWO 6" DREDGES TO REMOVE A COUPLE HUNDRED YDS. OF GRAVEL PER DAY. A 6-MAN CREW WORK FROM JUNE 1 UNTIL 1ST PART OF OCTOBER. USE HELICOPTER TO HAUL IN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO BOTTOM OF CANYON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 58

  • Deposit

    CALIF. MINING JOURNAL, V. 34, NO. 7, P. 7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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