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Gold Mountain 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036014
MRDS ID M023994
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Mine
Related records 10235125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.528, 39.99904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 1 MI. NE INSKIP

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)

North 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 025N 004E 28 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
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.528, 39.99904
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. O'Sullivan And E. L. Bacon
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1915.

Comments on the workings information

  • 720 FT. ADIT, 35 FT. INCLINE. 150 FT. TO EAST, 45 FT. SHAFT. DUMP OF APPROX. 20 TONS OF QUARTZ

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. 376

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LOGAN (1930)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6-8 IN. THICK; ANOTHER VEIN 1 FT. THICK WITH BLACK-STAINED QUARTZ. WALLS CONSIST OF ROTTEN SLATE SCHIST, DIKES AND SOAPSTONE. A LARGE VEIN RUNS NE. OCCASIONAL POCKETS
Deposit 2 QUARTZ AND 6 PLACER CLAIMS. PATENTED ; 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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