Calumet Consolidated

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10034391
MRDS ID M021161
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Consolidated
Related records 10140776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.41998, 40.64318 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES N OF REDDING

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

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 032N 005W 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE TENDS TO HAVE HIGHER COPPER SULFIDES CONCENTRATION AT DEPTH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.41998, 40.64318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E
    Dip 15 N
    Thickness 0.51M
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880'S TO EARLY 1900'S

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; ADIT 1,000 FT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. DRIFTS, RAISES, STOPES. ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL VEINS ON PROPERTY WORKED; ORE SHOOT 200 FT. X 20 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C. D. M. REPT. 23 , P. 17 .

  • Deposit

    BROWN G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT 14 , P. 781

  • 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 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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