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West End

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034493
MRDS ID M021291
Record type Site
Current site name West End
Alternate or previous names Spanish

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.54582, 40.62818 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE E OF WHISKEYTOWN

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)

Federal lands

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SECTION 16 (PROJECTED).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILICIFIED AND CHLORITIZED GRANITIC PORPHYRY CARRY NO GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.54582, 40.62818
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Developed At Depth Near Vein

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 VEINS, ONE STRIKES N 50 W DIPS 70 E, THE OTHER STRIKES N 27 E, DIPS 80 W; ALASKITE - PORPHYRY NEAR VEINS SHEARED, CHLORITIZED AND SILICIFIED; NNW VEIN 3 FT THICK, NE VEIN UP TO 12 IN.; MINOR PYRITE IN WHITE QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shasta District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 72.846HA
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; SHAFT 100 FT, 4 DRIFTS 110 FT, 215 FT., 105 FT, 200 FT., 2 ADITS, 80 FT., 100 FT.; ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED BY SHORT STOPES TO SURFACE, SHAFT AND ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 260

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 22 , P. 180

  • 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 QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

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

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