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Old Indian

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034472
MRDS ID M021260
Record type Site
Current site name Old Indian
Alternate or previous names F.J. Ward
Related records 10116446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.10109, 40.74096 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTHWEST OF INGOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(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

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 002W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.10109, 40.74096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THREE VEINS CONTAINING VEINLETTS OF SULFIDE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF THREE VEINS CONTAINED POCKET OF GOLD VALUED AT $47,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND ROBERTSON, J.F., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338, P. 101

  • Production

    ALBERS AND ROBERTSON, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL POCKETS IN VEIN. DEPOSIT COULD POSSIBLY BE A POLYMETALLIC VEIN.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tatkin (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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