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Murray

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034466
MRDS ID M021251
Record type Site
Current site name Murray
Related records 10286887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4761, 40.62846 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES W OF KESWICK

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)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4761, 40.62846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 50 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ-PORPHYRY FOOTWALL, SYENITE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1894

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 48.564HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; ADIT 400 FT, 2 WINZES 25 FT EACH, STOPPING; ORE SHOOT 6 X 230 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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., MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    CRAWFORD, 1894 .

Reporter information

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

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