New Era Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284592
MRDS ID M005323
MAS/MILS ID 0060070020
Record type Site
Current site name New Era Mine
Related records 10028382

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.58666, 39.70017 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
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

Cherokee(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 021 N 003 E 01 SWSE California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 5 MI NORTH OF THE PENTZ RD ON DRY CREEK RD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.58666, 39.70017

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Era Mines, Inc.
    ID 404545
    Home office 4095 Dry Creek Rd, Oroville, Ca 95965
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 17TH ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    ALSO 1 GOLD PLACER IN NE 1/4 AND 1 PLACER IN SE 1/4 ON DRY C

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED NOV 1981

  • Deposit

    WFOC PRODUCTION FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-86 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 06/07/1983
MSHA mine ID0404545
Mine name (MSHA)New Era Mine
Current operatorNew Era Mines
Current controller (parent)Logan Ronald R
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative California resources

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