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Centennial

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 10034393
MRDS ID M021163
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial
Related records 10116388

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69443, 40.73152 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 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

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)

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 007W 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION PROJECTED NIAGARA GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PRIMARY ORE 4 OZ. GOLD/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69443, 40.73152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IN SLATE NEAR CONTACT WITH META - ANDESITE; ORE IRON STAINED, OXIDIZED.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, OPEN CUT 140 X 6 MINED 140 FT.; ORE SHOOT 3 FT. THICK; LOCATED 1876 .

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. SPEC. REPT. 85 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: C. M. B. REPT 12 , P 246

  • 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 THIS CLAIM IS PART OF THE NIAGARA GROUP.

Reporter information

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

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