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Garfield

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10034420
MRDS ID M021190
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield
Alternate or previous names Acme Lone Cedar
Related records 10140583

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42026, 40.67235 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF REDDING, 1 MILE S.W. OF SUMMIT CITY

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)

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 005W 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 90 % GOLD WITH SULFIDES, 10 % FREE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.42026, 40.67235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 1.07M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITIC DIKES INTRUDE COUNTRY ROCK; QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED AT SURFACE 16 - 18 IN. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Old Diggins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; ADIT 570 FT., DRIFT 230 FT.; ORE SHOOT 90 X 2 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M., V. 29 , P. 2 - 73.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 14 , P. 787

  • Deposit

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

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