Mine detail: Bidwell Bar District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.5559, -121.44109

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1848

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Stream placer
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

DEP10310588
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W.B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 29-30.}{Deposit:: Saucedo, G.J. and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 7A, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Turner, H.W., 1898, Bidwell Bar folio: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Atlas of the U.S., Folio 43, 6 p.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.