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Welch Hydraulic Mine

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028384
MRDS ID M005325
Record type Site
Current site name Welch Hydraulic Mine
Related records 10235222

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.58662, 39.66321 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. N OF PENTZ ; NE 1/4 NE 1/4

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 021N 003E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.58662, 39.66321
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LAYER OF COARSE, ANGULAR GRAVEL RESTING ON SLATES OF PALEOZOIC AGE; 10-15' THICK AND PRESUMABLY CONTAINED MOST OF THE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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