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Shakespeare Property

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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103446
MRDS ID M023958
Record type Site
Current site name Shakespeare Property
Related records 10211549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.27244, 39.51905 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position AT FORBESTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 006E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

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 > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.27244, 39.51905
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 80 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Forbestown

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WERE EXTRACTED PREVIOUS TO 1890. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT. SHAFT WITH SOME DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.R., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 223

  • Deposit

    MINER, J.A., 1890, BUTTE COUNTY CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10, P. 128

  • Production

    MINER (1890)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 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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