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New Oregon, Forty-Nine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103445
MRDS ID M023955
Record type Site
Current site name New Oregon, Forty-Nine
Alternate or previous names Red Point Mine
Related records 10260029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34883, 39.53627 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1.5 MI. E. ENTERPRISE

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 006E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.5% SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34883, 39.53627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 60S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CROSSCUT ADITS WITH SHORT DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.R., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 219

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 12 FT. THICK
Deposit 160 ACRE PATENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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