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Banner 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 10036034
MRDS ID M024023
Record type Site
Current site name Banner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.51911, 39.55099 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Relative position 1 MI. N. SYCAMORE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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 020N 004E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.51911, 39.55099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • BANNER VEIN: 400 FT. SHAFT, DRIFTS ON 200 FT. LEVEL TREND N15W. AMOSKY VEIN: 600 FT. INCLINE RUNS N20E AT 35 DEG. STOPED FROM 500 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE. LATER WORK CONSISTED OF 70 FT. OF DRIFTS, 100 FT. OF CROSSCUTS, 60 FT. RAISE FROM 600 FT. LEVEL, 80 FT. OF CROSSCUTS ON 500 FT. LEVEL AND 75 FT. ON 300 FT. LEVEL. CLAIMED THAT RAISE WAS IN 2-5 FT. OF ORE FROM 600 FT. LEVEL.

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. 369-370

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 211-212

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 82

  • Production

    LOGAN (1930)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS.220 ACRES. INCLUDED OLD BANNER, SOUTH BANNER, AMOSKY AND CLARK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS. LITTLE BANNER VEIN, 18 IN. THICK, DIPS NE; CONNECTS WITH BIG BANNER VEIN AT 200 FT. DEPTH. AMOSKY VEIN PARALLEL TO THESE 2. BANNER AVG. 4 FT. THICK.

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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