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American

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Lead, Sulfur
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034364
MRDS ID M021134
Record type Site
Current site name American
Alternate or previous names Old American, French Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60804, 40.71902 (WGS84)
Relative position ON PROMINENT RIDGE BETWEEN CLEAR CREEK AND JIC GULCH; ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES NW OF FRENCH GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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 006W;007W 07;12,13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60804, 40.71902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BOTH SLATE AND CONGLOMERATE ENCOUNTERED IN UPPER WORKINGS, ONLY SLATE IN LOWER PART. SLATE CRUSHED NEAR VEIN, SMALL ANGULAR FRAGMENTS SILICIFIED. SLATE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1886 - 1914

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDED PRIOR TO 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX CLAIMS; SERIES OF 5 ADITS, 50 TO 1400 FT. WITH DRIFTS, WINZES, STOPES, ETC.; SEVERAL LEVELS. ORE SHOOT 125 X 2 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: C.D.M.G., SPECIAL REPT. 85 , 43 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: C.D.M.G., BULL. 193 , 186 P.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 : CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1886 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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