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Feather River District

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000943
MRDS ID M045345
Record type District
Current site name Feather River District
Alternate or previous names Oroville District, Wyman's Ravine, Honcut Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61795, 39.45678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position MOSTLY IN OROVILLE WILDLIFE AREA, JURISDICTION UNKNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MILE 60 MARKER ON FEATHER RIVER SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. MUCH OF DREDGED AREA NOW FLOODED, ACCURATE WITHIN DREDGING AREA, ACCURATE WITHIN DREDGING AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.61795, 39.45678
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer W.P. Hammon
Year of first production 1849

Mining district

District name FEATHER RIVER DISTRICT
District name OROVILLE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner YUBA CONSOLIDATED
    Year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 20-22.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 103-104.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 92.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-74 BLAIR, WILL N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 PETERSON, JOCELYN A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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