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Morton & Bliss

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034462
MRDS ID M021246
Record type Site
Current site name Morton & Bliss
Alternate or previous names Riley & Bliss
Related records 10141154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.49832, 40.74596 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF SHASTA DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 006W 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Backbone

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 40.47HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ON VEIN 380 , 2,400 FT., DRIFT 500 FT, STOPE 200 FT., RAISE; ORE SHOOT 200 X 3 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 794 - 795

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 243

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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