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Hoboe

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034432
MRDS ID M021203
Record type Site
Current site name Hoboe
Related records 10237687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.68027, 40.72235 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF FRENCH 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 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR PYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH ORE VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.68027, 40.72235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN BETWEEN SLICKENSIDED SLATE AND BIOTITE DACITE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTANTLY SINCE 1920'S

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; 2 ADITS SEPARATED VERTICALLY 100 FT., LOWER ADIT WITH DRIFT 150 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 31

  • 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, 1933

Reporter information

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

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