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Butte Creek

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109540
MRDS ID M045344
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Creek
Related records 10260150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.783, 39.69876 (WGS84)
Elevation 93
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF CHICO TO CENTERVILLE AND HELLTOWN, A DISTANCE OF 12 MI, Accurate Within Dredging Area, Accurate Within Dredging Area, Accurate Within Dredging Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 021N;022N 002E;003E California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS SOUTH OF PETERSON CHICO AIRPORT. THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST EXTENT OF TAILINGS, WHICH EXTEND UPSTREAM TO NEAR CENTERVILLE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHICO 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1848
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Butte Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lancha Plana
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • 0.0067 OZ/TON (230 PPB) AU

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, DRIFT MINING, DREDGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 38-39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045343.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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