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Nisket Lode and Standard 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 10103465
MRDS ID M024018
Record type Site
Current site name Nisket Lode and Standard Mine
Alternate or previous names Standard Gold and Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.53105, 39.59266 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position 1.2 MI. S. 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 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LOTS 1, 4, 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIED 1.5% HIGH GRADE SULFIDES

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) -121.53105, 39.59266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 35SW
    Plunge direction SW
    Thickness 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. James And Brothers
    Home office Oroville, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • 487 FT. INCLINE WITH 4 LEVELS. DRIFTS IN 1895 WERE AS FOLLOWS: 135 FT. LEVEL DRIFTS N. 219 FT., S. 227 FT.; 239 FT. LEVEL, N. 197 FT., S. 200 FT.; 387 FT. LEVEL, N. 48 FT., S. 105 FT. ORE WAS STOPED FROM SECOND LEVEL TO SURFACE

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. 449, PL. 8

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 69 ACRES. PATENTED. 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 4 18 IN.-THICK VEINS. PAY SHOOT 170 FT. LONG

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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