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Double Header

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034405
MRDS ID M021175
Record type Site
Current site name Double Header
Alternate or previous names Celestine
Related records 10165415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66388, 40.67179 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N. W. OF TOWER HOUSE, NEAR WILLOW CREEK.

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 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 2 % SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66388, 40.67179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 SUBPARALLEL VEINS, ONE AT CONTACT OF SLATE HANGING WALL, META - ANDESITE FOOT WALL, ONE VEIN IN FAULT FISSURE OF META - ANDESITE.

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 Surface/Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; ADIT ON VEIN 400 FT. EXTENDED 120 FT ( 1930'S ) AT 150 FT BELOW SURFACE; DEVELOPMENT BEGAN 1887 , SURFACE CUTS EXPOSED HIGH GRADE ORE; UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT 1920'S AND 1930'S PRODUCED LOW GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C. D. M. REPT. 29 ,P.

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, WILLIAM, JR., 1888 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 8 , 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.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., REDDING FIELD DIVISION; SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 18 , P 405

Reporter information

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

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