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Truscott

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034490
MRDS ID M021287
Record type Site
Current site name Truscott
Alternate or previous names Emigrant, Iron Mask, Martin
Related records 10213979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61054, 40.67818 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N. E. OF TOWER HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
033N 007W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS IN SMALL AMOUNTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.61054, 40.67818
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS ON CLAIM. MAIN VEIN STRIKING N 20 E, THE OTHER INTERSECTING MAIN VEIN AT SLIGHT ANGLE. STATE ON FOOTWALL; ANDESITE PORPHYRY HANGING WALL; WHICH CONSISTS OF DIKE MATTER AVERAGING 300 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS 40 FT APART ON VEIN, RANGING FROM 50 TO 610 FT., DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H. G., 1912 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUAD., CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 540 , P. 54 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 802

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED IN LATE 1880'S.
Deposit MAIN VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ LENSES

Reporter information

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

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