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Cherry Hill

Past Producer in Colusa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Antimony, Thallium, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048787
MRDS ID MP90012
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4344, 39.04155 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 13 KM WEST OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES MOST OF THE DRAINAGE OF THE TRINITY RIVER: EXTENDS FROM COFFEE CREEK SOUTHWARD THROUGH TRINITY CENTER, DEDRICK, HELENA, JUNCTION CITY, WEAVERVILLE, LEWISTON, AND DOUGLAS CITY, AND WEST TO THE HAY FORK AREA.
  • ALSO MAY BE CALLED THE CHERRY HILL OR THE WILBUR SPRINGS DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Thallium Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) "Adularized" Mudstone: Sericite, Adularia, Silica, Iron Sulfides (Pyrrhotite), Bitumen, Chlorite, Anhedral Dolomite Argillization: Smectite-Illite Clays, Purite/Marcasite, Cinnabar, Sericiite, Adularia

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Stony Creek Formation;Stony Creek Formation;Stony Creek Formation
    Rock description Stony Creek Formation;Stony Creek Formation;Stony Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4344, 39.04155
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults (Underthrust From Drag Caused By A Subducting Oceanic Plate In The Late Cretaceous)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Folds And Faults: Wilbur Springs Antiform, Stony Creek Fault, Coast Range Thrust (Trending N10-15w To The North, N40w To The South), Abbott-Coyote Peak Fault Zone: Beds Generally Have A Northwest Dip And Trend.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest And Northeast Trending Steeply Dipping Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY AND TERTIARY GOLD BEARING GRAVELS; RESULT OF THE EROSION OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, WHERE THE OLDER GRAVELS ARE PARTLY CEMENTED AND LOCALLY DEFORMED, AND THE YOUNGER GRAVELS OCCUR ALONG THE STREAMS AND ARE UNDISTURBED.
  • HOST ROCKS CONTAINS VOLCANIC DETRITUS. WIDE AWAKE AND CENTRAL MINES ARE HOSTED IN SEDIMENTARY SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sulphur Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CUMMULATIVE FIGURE FOR AU METAL INCLUDES MANZANITA MERCURY MINE CUMMULATIVE FIGURE FOR HG METAL INCLUDES THE ABBOTT MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LA GRANGE MINE NEAR WEAVERVILLE WAS THE LARGEST HYDRAULIC MINE IN THE AREA.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULPHUR CREEK DISTRICT INCLUDES WEST END, CENTRAL, CHERRY HILL, EMPIRE, AND WIDE AWAKE MINES
Deposit ORE CONCENTRATION AU: 17PPM AG: 5.5PPM HG: 6000PPM AS: 230PPM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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