Carlisle Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103442
MRDS ID M023946
Record type Site
Current site name Carlisle Mine
Alternate or previous names Carlysle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.27105, 39.54516 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1.2 MI. N. OLD FORBESTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 006E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.27105, 39.54516

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Strike NE,E
    Dip 60NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Denman, William
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS MILLED FROM CARLISLE VEIN. NO RECORD EXISTS FOR BIG BETSY VEIN. INDIAN GULCH VEIN SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED 90 TONS, WHICH PLATED $10/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH FORK OF FEATHER RIVER HAS CUT DEEP CANYON ACROSS SOUTH HALF OF CLAIM, MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR PROSPECTING CARLISLE VEIN BY ADITS. WINZE 200 FT. DEEP WITH 3 DRIFTS, 100-110 FT. LONG, TREND NE.; AND ONE 315 FT. LONG, TREND SW ON VEIN. VEIN PROSPECTED FOR 425 FT. ON 200-FT. LEVEL. ADIT FROM WHICH WINZE SUNK IS ON NORTH BANK NEAR RIVER LEVEL, AND DRIFT SW WAS CARRIED UNDER WATER. 300 FT. ADIT ON BIG BETSY VEIN. INDIAN GULCH VEIN ONLY SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 371-372

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 214

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 600 ACRES PATENTED AND 40 ACRES UNPATENTED. INCLUDES CARLISLE, BIG BETSY AND INDIAN GULCH VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit CARLISLE VEIN 6-8 FT. THICK; BIG BETSY 12 FT. THICK; INDIAN GULCH 4 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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