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Highland

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. 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 10034431
MRDS ID M021201
Record type Site
Current site name Highland
Related records 10164891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65166, 40.73096 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NW OF FRENCH GULCH AT THE HEAD OF DUCH GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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 007W 09,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $15/TON ( 1939

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65166, 40.73096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL LENSES
    Strike W
    Dip 40 S
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIKES CUT SLATE; SLATE FOOT WALL, DIKES HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1869 AND 1871

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • 1869 RECORD OF $4,322 , 1871 RECORD OF $9,650.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 64.752HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TAILINGS INDICATE SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF EARLY UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT; 1939 DEVELOPMENT 100 FT. ADIT; ORE SHOOT 250 X 3 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MINERAL RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 139 - 140

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 789

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 69

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 ; FERGUSON, H.G., 1914

Reporter information

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

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