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Honeycomb and Shea

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034433
MRDS ID M021205
Record type Site
Current site name Honeycomb and Shea
Related records 10165238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69916, 40.73096 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES N.W. OF TOWN 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 007W 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69916, 40.73096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE VEIN AT CONTACT WITH SLATE AND GREENSTONE, ORE SHOOT RAKES WEST AT LOW ANGLE ALONG CONTACT; HONEYCOMB VEIN STRIKES N 50 E DIPPING 45 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS MOSTLY IN GREENSTONE. STOPES, RAISES, WINZE, ADIT 250 FT. AND OPEN-CUT ON SHEA VEIN. ACTIVE IN 1880'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: CDMG, SPECIAL REPT. 85 , 43 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 253

  • 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 HONEYCOMB AND SHEA MINES ARE PART OF THE NIAGARA GROUP WHICH INCLUDES SCORPION, SUMMIT, CENTENNIAL, NIAGARA AND JUMBO MINES

Reporter information

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

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