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Kanaka

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034445
MRDS ID M021221
Record type Site
Current site name Kanaka
Alternate or previous names Shunshine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52804, 40.62902 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURIFEROUS SULFIDES, NO MENTION OF FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52804, 40.62902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ DIORITE FOOT WALL, GREENSTONE HANGING WALL; VEINLETTS OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ IN FOOT WALL 2 FT. BELOW CONTACT; QUARTZ VEIN AT CONTACT AVERAGE OF 4 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 214.491HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS; SHORT ADIT, SURFACE CUTS, DRIFTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 33

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1948 , CURRENT AND RECENT MINING ACTIVITY IN THE REDDING DISTRICT: CJMG, VOL. 44 , P. 359 - 360

Reporter information

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

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