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Big Bend

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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 10260127
MRDS ID M023917
MAS/MILS ID 0060070179
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bend
Alternate or previous names Evening Star
Related records 10103433

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.43325, 39.68988 (WGS84)
Elevation 832
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

Berry Creek(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)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021 N 005 E 08 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.43325, 39.68988
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES J VOL 45 NO 3 P440 DOM BULL 139 1946 P34

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 156 1950 P293 J VOL 53 NOS 3 4 JULY-OCT 1957 P423

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 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

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