The Phoenix Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,729 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: 1,729 Feet (527 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47528, -121.41250
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Phoenix Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phoenix Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Wyandotte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jones, A. E.
Home Office: Oroville, 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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: RIBBON
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CARRIED 3% IRON, COPPER SULFIDES
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC N 1/2 SE 1/4, LOT 41
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 2-8 FT. THICK. FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): 105 FT. SHAFT, SHORT DRIFTS AND SOME STOPING
Comment (Geology): WALL ROCKS DESCRIBED AS DECOMPSED
Comment (Deposit): 20.33 ACRES. PATENTED. 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 220
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 87-88
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 43
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. 450, PL.8
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