| Deposit ID | 10138101 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060070089 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Bend Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.47745, 39.70018 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Butte(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Berry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)
Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Butte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 021 N | 004 E | 01 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.47745, 39.70018 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060070089 |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 43.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A 2-MILE TUNNEL FOLLOWS OLD COURSE OF RIVER. GOLD FOUND, BUT THE COST OF RECOVERING IT WAS TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF LARGE BOULDERS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-FEB-1994 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.