Mine detail: Butte Creek District

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Location

Lat / long: 39.70699, -121.75349

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1849

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

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Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 32.}{Deposit:: Lindgren, W., 1911, Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 73, p. 84-85.}{Deposit:: O?Brien, J.C., 1949, Mines and mineral resources of Butte County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 45, no. 3, p. 417-454.}{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.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.