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Southern Cross

Occurrence 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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091971
MRDS ID M005515
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cross
Related records 10114144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.32633, 39.54766 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 020N 006E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.32633, 39.54766
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edel Mining Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • THREE SMALL STOPES OF ORE HAVE BEEN MINED; ORE IS SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $8 A TON

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS ON VEIN , ONE OF WHICH IS 1800' LONG; 0.4 OZ. AU REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 452; R. 26 P. 379

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 79.96 ACRES PATENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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