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St. Clair Hydraulic Mine (Vinton), Parish Camp, Sausage Mountain, Messila Mining District, Butte County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types
St. Clair Hydraulic Mine (Vinton)Mine
Parish Camp- not defined -
Sausage MountainMountain
Messila Mining DistrictMining District
Butte CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 39' 48'' North , 121° 34' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
39.66333,-121.56694
GeoHash:
G#: 9r199smxs
GRN:
N27W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Yankee Hill333 (2011)5.9km
Concow710 (2011)8.2km
Paradise26,476 (2017)11.7km
Berry Creek1,424 (2011)14.1km
Magalia11,310 (2011)16.6km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Paradise Gem & Mineral ClubParadise, California12km
Feather River Lapidary & Mineral SocietyOroville, California17km
Mindat Locality ID:
74334
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:74334:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A gypsum/anhydrite-Au mine located in the SE¼ sec. 19, T21N, R4E, MDM, 1.5 km (5,000 feet) S of Parish Camp and 3.2 km (2.0 miles) NW of Cherokee. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.

A sedimentary deposit. Local rocks include Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 6 (Northwestern Sierra Nevada).

No production except bulk sampling.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Link to USGS MRDS:10028437

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060070115
Lindgren, Waldemar (1911), The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California: USGS Professional Paper 73, 226 pp.: Pl. 15.
Ver Planck, Wm. E., Jr. (1952), Gypsum in California: California Division Mines Bulletin 163: 120
Creely, R.S. (1965), Geology of the Oroville quadrangle: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 184, 86 pp.: Pl. 1.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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