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William George Lode

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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035982
MRDS ID M023947
Record type Site
Current site name William George Lode
Related records 10138582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.26133, 39.52682 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MI NE FORBESTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(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

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 019N 006E 02,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 SE 1/4 2, NE 1/4 NE 1/4 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Forbestown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. M. Dunkley And B. M. Ogburn
    Home office Yreka, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY WORKINGS INCLUDED 150 FT. ADIT, 40 FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1949, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 3, P. 454

  • 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 30 ACRES. PATENTED. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 2-4 FT. THICK ORE WAS FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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