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Bessie 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036017
MRDS ID M023998
Record type Site
Current site name Bessie Mine
Related records 10162860, 10153653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.5555, 39.9932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1.0 MI. W. 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)

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 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. REF. PLACES MINE IN T26N, R08E, SEC. 29, CONTRARY TO DESCRIPTION.

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) -121.5555, 39.9932
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, 70 FT., 100 FT. AND 40 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS. NO. 1 DECOMPOSED, NO. 2 CARRIES SULFIDES, NO. 3 HAS RIBBON STRUCTURA. AVG. 3 FT. THICK, 1-5-2 FT. THICK AND 4 IN. - 1 FT. THICK, RESPECTIVELY
Deposit 40 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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