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El Monte 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103451
MRDS ID M023974
Record type Site
Current site name El Monte Mine
Alternate or previous names Toadtown
Related records 10260410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.59162, 39.88765 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position AT TOADTOWN SITE

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 024N 003E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.59162, 39.88765
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. J. Mchugh
    Home office Desable, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • A STRIKE OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER 1930, AND YIELDED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS BESIDES FINE SPECIMENS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 DEG. INCLINE, 150 FT. DEEP. NORTH DRIFT 70 FT. LONG, SOUTH DRIFT 18 FT. LONG ON 150 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. 372

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FORMING STRINGERS ABOUT 1 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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