Springer Consolidated Mine

The Springer Consolidated Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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

Name: Springer Consolidated Mine  

State:  California

County:  Butte

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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