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Bootjack Group

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035981
MRDS ID M023945
Record type Site
Current site name Bootjack Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.29911, 39.50044 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 1.5 MI. S. SUNSET HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(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)

Federal lands

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 019N 006E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF GOLD OCCURED IN FREE-STATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $6/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.29911, 39.50044
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Forbestown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. SHAFT AND 15 FT. DRIFT ON 100 FT. LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 212

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 7 FT. THICK AT SURFACE, 15 FT. THICK ON 100 FT. LEVEL.
Deposit 5 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.

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