The Springer Consolidated Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.8925, -121.61750
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Springer Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Springer Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Matheson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gorden Peach
Home Office: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MATHESON MINE BECAME PART OF SPRINGER CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS. ALSO COMPRISED MILLSITE. OTHER UNPATENTED CLAIMS WERE FORMERLY HELD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): DESCRIBED AS SERIES OF ROCKS GOING ACROSS SECTION TO FOOTWALL AS: SOLID 'BULL' QUARTZ VEIN, 2 FT. THICK, RUSTY RED-BROWN DECOMPOSED DIKE ROCK WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, ROTTON SCHIST, CALAVERAS SLATES, SCHITS, SILICEOUS ROCKS, 200-300 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC CUTS. GROUND SLUICING. MILLSITE
Comment (Geology): SERPENTINE (HANGING WALL) AND SCHIST, SLATES (FOOTWALL)
Comment (Location): UTM EST. E 1/2
Comment (Production): A PRODUCTION OF $1,500,000 WAS CLAIMED. NO SPECIFIC DATES FOUND.
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. 377, 380-381
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 13, P. 88
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