The Southern Cross Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.54639, -121.31556
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Southern Cross Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Cross Mine
Secondary: Edel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edel Mining Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): 1800 FT. ADIT DRIVEN FROM E. BANK OF RIVER. 3 SMALL STOPES WERE MINED, ONE NEAR PORTAL, ONE MIDWAY IN ADIT. BOTH WORKED TO SURFACE. ANOTHER NEAR FACE WORKED TO HEIGHT OF 100 FT. 2 WINZES, EACH 75 FT. DEEP, SUNK BELOW MAIN ADIT. FROM INNER WINZE, LOWER DRIFTS RUN 105 AND 95 FT. ONLY PARTS OF OREBODIES WERE STOPED ABOVE A LOWER ADIT. UPPER ADIT, 700 FT. LONG, CONNECTED TO LOWER. ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF RIVER, ON SAME LEVEL AS LOWER ADIT, AN ADIT RUNS SW 400 FT., WITH A WINZE 50 FT. DEEP ABOUT MIDWAY, AND 30 FT. OF DRIFTS AT BOTTOM CLAIMED TO BE IN ORE, 3 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Deposit): 80 ACRES. INCLUDES MANZANITA FRACTIONAL CLAIM AND MANZANITA EXT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE SAID TO AVG. $8/TON, WITH SOME BUNCHES OF HIGHER GRADE AND HIGH GRADE CONCENTRATE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 4-7 FT. THICK WITH AT LEAST 3 ORE BODIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 379-380
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 222
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 50
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