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Giant Consolidated

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033831
MRDS ID M020479
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Motion Creek Group
Related records 10140988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4836, 40.70096 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF COPLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N;033N 005W;006W 19;24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4836, 40.70096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE ON HANGING WALL - QUARTZITE ON FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 94.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 CLAIMS, ONE TUNNEL AND SOME OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 9

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY; 14TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 765

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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