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Unnamed

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103453
MRDS ID M023980
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.6155, 39.92626 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 1.7 MI. E. FOREST RANCH FIRE CONTROL STA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(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 024N 003E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.07-0.21 OZ. AU

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W, N85E
    Dip 50NE, 75N
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. INCLINE, ADIT TO VEIN, AND DRIFTS DRIVEN 1914-17; NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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