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Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028410
MRDS ID M005362
Record type Site
Current site name Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman
Related records 10187331

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.6081, 39.79218 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(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 022N 003E 01,02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mowry And Newman
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE MADE A PRODUCTION VARIOUSLY STATED AT FROM $75,000 TO $200,000, BUT NO DEFINITE RECORDS. EUREKA CONS. MINE WAS OPENED IN 1884 IN SEC. 2. CR. WAS KNOWN THEN. PRODUCED $30,000 AU 1884-1888. (PROF. PAPER 73, P. 91). BADGER WORKED SEC. 1 AT 1 1/2 MI. SW OF MAGALIA. HYDRAULIC ABOUT 1905-30. A 1000' TUNNEL (COM 15TH REP'T. P. 198)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 450, R. 26 PP. 403-404

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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