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Cherokee and Morris Ravine Placer Mines

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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 10028438
MRDS ID M005402
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee and Morris Ravine Placer Mines
Related records 10284181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.53077, 39.64877 (WGS84)

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)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

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 004E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.53077, 39.64877
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 300 GOOD DIAMONDS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE PLACERS OF THE CHEROKEE DISTRICT. WEIGHED USUALLY UP TO ONE CARAT. A GOOD MANY WERE OFF COLOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES REPORT 24, P. 177

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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