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Compton

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 10034399
MRDS ID M021169
Record type Site
Current site name Compton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44859, 40.60902 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE S. OF KESWICK

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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 20 California

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.44859, 40.60902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE VEIN ON PROPERTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shasta

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT AND DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT. 14 , P 782 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, 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 SHORT ORE SHOOT

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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