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Copper Bullion

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034124
MRDS ID M020830
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bullion
Related records 10237389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84854, 39.81266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF UNION CREEK, 1 MILE ABOVE WHERE IT FLOWS INTO NELSON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 010E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result OWNERS STATE 2 - 25 % CU ON ORE CARRYING CHALCOPYRITE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84854, 39.81266
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OWNERS STATE THAT THERE IS A 20 FT. SHAFT ON QUARTZ VEIN WITH GOLD. 30 FT. TUNNEL ON COPPER ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 93 , 128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 180 ACRES.
Deposit 12 FT. WIDE DIKE WITH 3 FT. OF QUARTZ ON FOOT WALL SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED $4.00 AU/TON ACROSS ENTIRE WIDTH OF SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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