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Cherokee Placer

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109117
MRDS ID M005403
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Placer
Related records 10283992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54772, 39.64016 (WGS84)
Relative position AT N END OF TABLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(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 021N 004E 28,29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54772, 39.64016
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HYDRAULIC MINE. BEDROCK OF THE CHANNEL MINED IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 4400', IS VERY IRREGULAR IN DETAIL AND COVERED BY LARGE GREENSTONE BOULDERS. MUCH OF THE GOLD IN THE LOWER GRAVEL IS COARSE, SOME PIECES BEING WORTH $2 OR $3; THERE IS ALSO MUCH FINE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL $13,000,000. MANY MILLIONS OF CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL HAVE BEEN REMOVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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