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Springer Consolidated Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036005
MRDS ID M023981
Record type Site
Current site name Springer Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Matheson Mine
Related records 10284308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61856, 39.89237 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1.5 MI. WNW TOADTOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 024N 003E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Calaveras Complex
    Rock description Calaveras Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.61856, 39.89237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, POCKETS
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Pay Reported Where Stringers In Calaveras Fm. Intersected Cross Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINE (HANGING WALL) AND SCHIST, SLATES (FOOTWALL)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gorden Peach
    Home office Brooklyn, N.Y.

Comments on the production information

  • A PRODUCTION OF $1,500,000 WAS CLAIMED. NO SPECIFIC DATES FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC CUTS. GROUND SLUICING. MILLSITE

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, 380-381

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 13, P. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIBED AS SERIES OF ROCKS GOING ACROSS SECTION TO FOOTWALL AS: SOLID 'BULL' QUARTZ VEIN, 2 FT. THICK, RUSTY RED-BROWN DECOMPOSED DIKE ROCK WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, ROTTON SCHIST, CALAVERAS SLATES, SCHITS, SILICEOUS ROCKS, 200-300 FT. THICK.
Deposit MATHESON MINE BECAME PART OF SPRINGER CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS. ALSO COMPRISED MILLSITE. OTHER UNPATENTED CLAIMS WERE FORMERLY HELD. ; 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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