The Berry Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,949 Feet (594 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.65278, -121.41417
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Berry Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berry Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, 65 FT. LONG, AND SERIES OF SHORT ADITS ON STEEP MTN. SIDE ABOVE (EAST) OF ROAD. LOWEST ADIT 175 FT. LONG. 70 FT. BELOW OPEN CUT, ADIT WITH STOPE AND DRIFT TO VEIN. 20 FT. BELOW THIS LEVEL, WINZE SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN PAY ORE. ADIT FROM ROAD LEVEL EST. 200 FT. LONG, WITH PAY ORE IN CROSS VEIN 15-20 FT. BACK FROM 2 FT. VEIN, WHICH WAS STRUCK 70 FT. FROM PORTAL.
Comment (Deposit): 80 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): SURFACE OF HILLSIDE PANS SMALL QUANTITIES OF FREE GOLD IN MANY PLACES
Comment (Location): UTM EST. E 1/2 E 1/2
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS YIELDED $10/TON UNDER WASTEFUL MILLING CONDITIONS, WITH HIGH LOSS IN TAILINGS. MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM BUCHES OF RICH POCKET ORE. TOTAL OUTPUT EST. FROM $30,000-$80,000. NO SPECIFIC DATES AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS. NARROW PAY VEIN 2 FT. THICK. ORE FEW IN.-5 FT. THICK IN PLACES. GOOD GRADE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MIENS AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 370
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