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Jenny May

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035963
MRDS ID M023919
Record type Site
Current site name Jenny May
Related records 10114347

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44022, 39.6096 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position 0.5 MI. NW SCHAEFER RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 005E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44022, 39.6096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 50SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, LEWIS E., 1903, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, NO. 17, P. 8-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 IN.-3 FT. THICK FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES
Deposit PATENTED. 20 ACRES ; 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

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