Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Butte | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Brush Creek | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Chico | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Chico | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Middle Fork Feather | hydrologic unit |
Lower Sacramento | hydrologic accounting unit |
Sacramento | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Areas administered by US Federal agencies | |
Plumas National Forest | National Forest |
National Forest FS | Type of land area |
FS | Federal land areas administered by FS |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) | CA | Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic |
pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided | CA | Early Proterozoic to Cretaceous |
Mesozoic volcanic rocks, unit 2 (Western Sierra Foothills and Western Klamath Mountains) | CA | Jurassic |
Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 6 (Northwestern Sierra Nevada) | CA | Permian(?) to Jurassic(?) |
Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 3 (Northwestern Sierra Nevada) | CA | Permian to Jurassic |
Ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 2 (Western Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains) | CA | Late Proterozoic(?) to Early Jurassic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
North Sierra Foothills | M-D | North Sierra Foothills 8481 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA |
Sierra Nevada '80 | M-D | Sierra Nevada '80 6035 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA |
Chico | M/R-D | Chico 4869 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA-NV |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
PC03 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic |
PC08 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic |
PC17 | Massive sulfide, Sierran kuroko | Jurassic |
PC40 | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein | Mesozoic |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Foothills-Wallowa | Oceanic arc | Western Cordillera |
Record | Type | Comment |
---|---|---|
Big Bend |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Big Bend Occurrence | Past Producer | CR |
Norris and Noyes Property | Occurrence | CR |
Golden Reefs | Past Producer | AU |
Big Bond | Unknown | CR |
Lone Star Claim | Past Producer | CR FE |
Norris and Noyes Prospect | Occurrence | CR |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Big Bend Occurrence | Past Producer | California, United States |
Big Bond | unclassified | California, United States |
Lone Star Claim | Past Producer | California, United States |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
LGI936 | stream/river | C; xcoord = 648380; ycoord = 394560; stream |
LGI937 | stream/river | C; xcoord = 647450; ycoord = 393580; stream |
LGJ037 | stream/river | C; xcoord = 648390; ycoord = 395340; stream |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Cascade Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America |
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |