USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Madera County
Big Chief
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Madera
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu-Au occurrence/prospect located in secs. 14 and/or 23, T10S, R21E, MDM, 2.3 km (7,600 feet) ENE of Hulbert Mountain and 5.0 km (3.1 miles) SSW of Hildreth, along Fine Gold Creek. Active in 1902. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Malachite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 81549
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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