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Porter Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103454
MRDS ID M023983
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55412, 39.75598 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1.5 MI. WSW OF SHORE OF CONCOW RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 004E 17,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 N 1/2 N 1/2 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55412, 39.75598
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 75E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sidney Wellington
    Home office Oroville, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO 1870. NO RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE PART OF VEIN WORKED TO DEPTH OF 10 FT., LENGTH OF 300 FT; 140 FT. INCLINE AND SEVERAL ADITS, ONE 140 FT. BELOW OUTCROP

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. 378

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF SOLID QUARTZ, IN PART BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED BY BROWN SILICA. 6 FT. THICK
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

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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