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Ellis

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034411
MRDS ID M021181
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis
Related records 10117057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.48054, 40.74679 (WGS84)

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)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 005W 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • 700 FT S. E. OF N. W. CORNER OF TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SILVER AND COPPER SULFIDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYED AT $8/TON ( 1933 )
Result COPPER SULFIDE 2 1/2 PERCENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.48054, 40.74679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.51M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.475HA
    Overall depth 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; ADIT ALONG STOPE STATED TO BE 1,300 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 22

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.:

Reporter information

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

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