The Willard Consolidated Quartz is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.8225, -121.57111
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Willard Consolidated Quartz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willard Consolidated Quartz
Secondary: Genii Mine?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Magalia
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dakin Co.
Home Office: Los Angeles 43, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1852
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Production): 7 LARGE NUGGETS VALUED FROM $2000-$10690 APIECE. NO OTHER DATA FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 8 FT. THICK FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO AUBURY WAS AS FOLLOWS: 700 FT. LONG OPEN CUT, 240 FT. OF DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): 56 ACRES PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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. 453, PL. 8
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 209
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, LEWIS E., 1903, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, NO. 17, P. 8-9
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