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Brush Creek Mine

Producer in Sierra 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213662
MAS/MILS ID 0060910657
Record type Site
Current site name Brush Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Lower Brush Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.88383, 39.51678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodyears Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 010 E 19 E2 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.88383, 39.51678
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1849
Year of first production 1868

Mining district

District name Alleghany

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brush Creek Mining And Development Co.
    ID 404251

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY ALSO OWN NINE OTHER GOLD MINES IN THE SAME AREA. (ALLEGHANY/DOWNIEVILLE AREA OF N. CALIFORNIA)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION HAS BEGUN FROM THE LOWER BRUSH CREEK MINE SITE. THE IMMEDIATE TARGET IS APPROX. 9,000 TONS OF REMNANT PILLARS. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO BEGAN A PROGRAM OF SAMPLING ORE BLOCKS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE (7-21-97). THE COMPANY ALSO BEGAN A PROGRAM OF SAMPLING 50,000 TONS OF ORE BLOCKS IN THE MINE ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE 0.5 OPT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INDEX

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, AUGUST 07, 1996, VOL107, #32, P5,

  • Deposit

    "MINING BEGINS ON WOLF VEIN".

  • Deposit

    "BRUSH CREEK ANNOUNCES GOLD PRODUCTION, JOINT-VENTURE

  • Deposit

    INTEREST HIGH." FROM INFO-MINE, 7-21-97.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, SEPTEMBER, 1997, #699, P19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/20/1980
MSHA mine ID0404251
Mine name (MSHA)Backless Drift
Current operatorH D Rue Lessee
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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