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Eureka Tellurium

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10034415
MRDS ID M021185
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Tellurium
Alternate or previous names Telluride Consolidated
Related records 10165157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45637, 40.60041 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF REDDING, W. OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD BOTH FREE AND AS TELLURIDE; AT DEPTH ORE IS BASE; ORE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45637, 40.60041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE HANGING WALL, GRANITIC PORPHYRY FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lower Springs / Middle Creek Area.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 117.363HA
    Overall depth 29.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 98 FT., SEVERAL ADITS UP TO 520 FT; ORE SHOOT 3 X 500 FT. ONE OF TEN VEINS ON PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 786

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 248

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS, H. W., 1893 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 43

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, WILLIAM JR., 1888 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 571

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT 6 , 154 P.

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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