Belfrin Extension Mine

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212852
MAS/MILS ID 0060630380
Record type Site
Current site name Belfrin Extension Mine
Alternate or previous names Plumas Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.90934, 39.84298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1370
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 010 E 19 C NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES VOL. 16, 1918 P. 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS PLUMAS BONANZA FROM OLD LITERATURE EXAMINED FOR BUREAU OF MINES MLA RARE2 STUDY OF THE MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-1985 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.