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Gold Leaf

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur
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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 10034426
MRDS ID M021196
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Leaf
Alternate or previous names Crown Deep, Miller
Related records 10237819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45581, 40.56929 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 4 MILES W OF REDDING, NEAR BASE OF A PROMINENT RIDGE

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 031N 005W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHEST GOLD CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR WITH PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED AT $8 - $15 TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45581, 40.56929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 3.66M
    Width 131.06M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL N.E. TRENDING VEINS INTERSECT N. TRENDING VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1916

Mining district

District name Shasta

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS WITH 400 FT. SHAFT AND 175 FT. DRIFT AT BASE. AT DIFFERENT LEVELS 5 DRIFTS 150 FT. STOPE AT 300 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE NEAR SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT. 17 , P. 521 - 522

  • 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., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT. 19 , P. 296 , 406

  • Production

    LAIZURE, 1921

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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