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Minneshasta

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034460
MRDS ID M021243
Record type Site
Current site name Minneshasta
Alternate or previous names Brackett
Related records 10141198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45748, 40.59374 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES W. OF REDDING

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)

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 032N 005W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45748, 40.59374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 90
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGES 6 1/2 FT. IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shasta

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS AND 3 ADIT LEVELS; LOWER BEING 1800 FT, THE MIDDLE 700 FT., UPPER ADIT 110 FT. DRIFTS TOTAL 250 FT. MINE DISCOVERED IN 1890 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C., MCK, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 17 , P 523

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FOUR CLAIMS: MT. PLEASANT, CENTER SLOPE, ROUGH AND READY, BRACKETT FRACTION.

Reporter information

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

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