Cherokee Placer Mine
Cherokee Placer Mine is a quarry in Butte County, Shasta Cascades, California. Cherokee Placer Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Oregon City.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Butte County, California, United States of America
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phantom Falls.
Phantom Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Ferrettiphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phantom Falls or Coal Canyon Falls is a waterfall at Coal Canyon near Oroville, California, within the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. The waterfall is 166 feet high and runs off the edge of Coal Canyon, in front of a grotto. Phantom Falls is situated 2 miles south of Cherokee Placer Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oregon City and Yankee Hill.
Oregon City
Hamlet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oregon City, formerly Bloomingdale and Hengy, is a ghost town located between Oroville and Cherokee in Butte County, California. One of the first mining camps in the county, it was established in the autumn of 1848 by a party of Oregonians, who came to California over the Applegate and Lassen trails. Oregon City is situated 3½ miles south of Cherokee Placer Mine.
Yankee Hill
Hamlet
Yankee Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, California. It is located 6.5 miles east-southeast of Paradise, at an elevation of 1982 feet. The population was 260 at the 2020 census. Yankee Hill is situated 4½ miles north of Cherokee Placer Mine.
Big Bend
Hamlet
Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2310 feet. A post office operated in Big Bend from 1883 to 1891. Big Bend is situated 6 miles northeast of Cherokee Placer Mine.
Cherokee Placer Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Butte County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.64044° or 39° 38′ 26″ northLongitude
-121.54719° or 121° 32′ 50″ westElevation
1,060 feet (323 metres)Open location code
84FWJFR3+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 369166087OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Cherokee Placer Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cherokee Placer Mine”
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