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Morris Ravine Butterfly, Goodall & Perkins

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 10028425
MRDS ID M005379
Record type Site
Current site name Morris Ravine Butterfly, Goodall & Perkins
Related records 10114386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54549, 39.56599 (WGS84)
Relative position TUNNEL & PROSPECT IN NE 1/4 SHAFT IN SE 1/4 AU GRAVELS CROSS SECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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 020N 004E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54549, 39.56599
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Morris Ravine Mining Co.
    Home office Oroville, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY HAS PRODUCED OVER $70,000 AND AVERAGED $6.71 PER CAR OF MATERIAL MINED. OPERATED A DRIFT MINE IN 1942 AND RECOVERED 658 OUNCES OF GOLD AND 65 OUNCES OF SILVER FROM 850 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45, #3, P. 449 & 429; B. 135, P. 234

  • Deposit

    COM BULL. 184, PL. 1

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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