The Butte Creek is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 305 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 305 Feet (93 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.69889, -121.78194
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Butte Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butte Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Butte Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lancha Plana
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1848
Year Last Production: 1949
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS SOUTH OF PETERSON CHICO AIRPORT. THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST EXTENT OF TAILINGS, WHICH EXTEND UPSTREAM TO NEAR CENTERVILLE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHICO 1:24000
Comment (Production): 0.0067 OZ/TON (230 PPB) AU
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC, DRIFT MINING, DREDGING
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045343.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 38-39.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 32.
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