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Big Chief Mine

Occurrence in Lake county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10183121
MRDS ID M055656
MAS/MILS ID 0060330105
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine
Related records 10040785

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.70437, 38.77018 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whispering Pines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 008 W 35 NENENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Franciscan Complex, unit 1 (Coast Ranges)
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V.43, NO.1, JAN. 1947PP.26-27,37.

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC. 35 & 36.

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.

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.