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Gem

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034421
MRDS ID M021191
Record type Site
Current site name Gem

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47498, 40.60735 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE W. OF MIDDLE CREEK, 4 MILES NW OF REDDING

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 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF ORE SHOOTS IN VEIN

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 workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 125 FT., ADITS AT BASE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC GREGOR, ALEX, 1890 , SHASTA COUNTY; C.M.B. REPT. 10 , P. 632

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF

Reporter information

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

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