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California · Butte County

Morris Ravine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits

Key facts

State
California
County
Butte
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed
California DMR status
ACTIVE
Reclamation status
RECLAMATION IN PROGRESS
DMR report year
2024

Also known as

  • Butterfly, Goodall and Perkins

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Adit : Oroville , 1970
  • Adit : Oroville , 1970
  • Adit : Oroville , 1947
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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.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). 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.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

California state reporting

  • Operator: MINERAL RESOURCES, LLC
  • Report year: 2024

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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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 (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

California DMR Mines Online

Type: California state mining record

Record: 91-04-0015

Supports:

  • operation status
  • reclamation information
  • reporting year
  • operation type

A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.

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