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Gold Bank Consolidated Quartz

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109121
MRDS ID M005499
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bank Consolidated Quartz

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.2494, 39.5344 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 006E 02,11,01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.2494, 39.5344
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. J. Stoer
    Home office Emeryville, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT IS PLACED AT $2,000,000 OF WHICH $500,000 WAS PROFIT. FREE GOLD CONTENT IS SAID TO BE ABOUT $1.50 A TON AND THE SULPHIDES FORMING 2 TO 7% OF ORE CARRY THE BALANCE, WITH SILVER, COPPER AND IT IS CLAIMED SOME TELLURIDE. LAST PRODUCED IN 1916 (26TH REPT. P. 375) SEC. 1 PROSPECTED FOR AU & CU (26TH REPT. P. 376

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINERAL REPORTED IN SEC. 12 SHALLOW PROSPECTS SHOW AU & CU ON SEC. 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 443; R. 26, PP. 373-376

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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