Tanglefoot

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034488
MRDS ID M021284
Record type Site
Current site name Tanglefoot
Related records 10262763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.71804, 40.46707 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W. OF ONO, NEAR JERUSALEM CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tar Bully(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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 030N 008W 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE EXTRACTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.71804, 40.46707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 50 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 200 FT. APART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION; NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 450 FT.; ORE SHOOT 60 FT. X 10 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 799 - 800

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK DESCRIPTION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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