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Emma Drift Mine

Unknown 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. 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 10162822
MRDS ID M005344
MAS/MILS ID 0060070051
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Drift Mine
Alternate or previous names Nimshew
Related records 10109114

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.62326, 39.85207 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

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 023 N 003 E 15 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES J VOL 45 NO 3 P 442 R 24 P 196

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTIONS 14 AND 23

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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