The Exposition 1915, No. 1 is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.58806, -121.17750
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Exposition 1915, No. 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Exposition 1915, No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George Schaafs
Home Office: Hayward, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CON. SULFIDES ASSAYED UP TO $80/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4
Comment (Production): 200 TONS OF ORE WAS BLOCKED OUT. REPORTED TO MILL $12/TON. NO SPECIFIC DATA FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 18 IN. THICK
Comment (Workings): 125 FT. ADIT
Comment (Deposit): 19.55 ACRES PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J.C., 1949, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 3, P. 443
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 215
Reference (Production): WARING (1915)
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