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Homestead Quartz

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036038
MRDS ID M024029
Record type Site
Current site name Homestead Quartz
Related records 10162981

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.52744, 39.6046 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position 0.7 MI. SE CANNON RESERVOIR

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 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.52744, 39.6046
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cherokee

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. 445

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 19 ACRES. PATENTED NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; 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

Beyond USGS

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