Mcclung Prospect

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035960
MRDS ID M023915
Record type Site
Current site name Mcclung Prospect
Related records 10259970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40355, 39.66738 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1 MI. N. BERRY CREEK ON WILD YANKEE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(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)

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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 005E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2. LOCATION EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM 200 FT. ADIT ASSAYED $1.50-$12/TON IN GOLD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.40355, 39.66738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 200 FT. AND 110 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 377

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4-30 FT. THICK. SAID TO HAVE HIGH SULFIDE CONTENT
Deposit 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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