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California · Butte County

Big Bend

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 5 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
California
County
Butte
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Evening Star

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Au-Zn-Cu claim/mine located in sec. 8, T21N, R5E, MDM, 1.4 km (4,400 feet) ESE of Big Bend Mountain (coordinates of record) and 2.5 km (8,100 feet) ESE of Big Bend (town), on National Forest land. A part of the Big Bend Mine complex. MRDS data…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 5 adit symbols
  • Adit : Las Plumas , 1948
  • Shaft : Berry Creek , 1970
  • Adit : Berry Creek , 1970
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Native Gold
  • Quartz
  • Sphalerite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (5)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 74112

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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