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Blue Point Mine

Occurrence in Yuba 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117691
MAS/MILS ID 0061150032
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.28884, 39.20929 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 006 E 27 SESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.28884, 39.20929
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V48 NO2 APR 1948 P160

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/12/2002
MSHA mine ID0405433
Mine name (MSHA)BLUE POINT MINE
Current operatorBlue Point Rock Products
Current controller (parent)Steve Elder; Charles Vertrees
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1598 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.