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Bulwer and Virginia

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity 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. 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 10034389
MRDS ID M021159
Record type Site
Current site name Bulwer and Virginia
Related records 10116447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69971, 40.71624 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES N. W. 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

French Gulch(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 033N 007W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED, SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69971, 40.71624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS; SLATE ON HANGING WALL, GRANITIC PORPHYRY ON FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE ORE EXTRACTED; NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 700 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT. 14 , P. 780 .

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT FOUND IN VEINS

Reporter information

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

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