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Horstman

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033843
MRDS ID M020492
Record type Site
Current site name Horstman
Related records 10238159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43803, 40.55652 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 005W 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.43803, 40.55652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 50 W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Comments on the production information

  • GOOD ASSAYS IN GOLD HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 - 35 , P. 140

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH ABUNDANT GALENA AND PYRITE SCATTERED THROUGH IT. MUCH OF THE QUARTZ HAS BEEN LEACHED BY SURFACE WATERS, VOIDS OCCUPIED BY IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

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

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