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Midas Group

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 10072352
MRDS ID W017587
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill, Harrison Gulch, Victor and Twinvict
Related records 10213455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98554, 40.38957 (WGS84)
Relative position IN S.W. CORNER OF SHASTA COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chanchelulla Peak(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

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 029N}029N}029N 010W}010W}010W 03}04}10 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.98554, 40.38957
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Local Faulting, With Largest. Over 400 Ft. In Width.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 48 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Thickness 0.51M
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 VEINS, 2 TRENDING ABOUT N 48 W IN SCHISTOSE META-ANDESITE. VEINS STRIKE CONFORMABLY WITH COUNTRY ROCK, BUT DIP AT RIGHT ANGLES TO IT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Production years 1896 TO 1914

Mining district

District name Harrison Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • MINE CLOSED AFTER 1914 DUE TO FIRE IN WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 222.585HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE 1400 FT. WITH 14 LEVELS; DRIFTS 26,000 FT; CROSSCUT, RAISES ALL 11,000 FT.; STOPE. ORE SHOOT 14 IN. X 200 - 400 FT. MINE DISCOVERED IN 1894

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 31

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 792 - 793

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CAL.: CDMG BULL. 193 , P. 137.

  • Production

    CLARK, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN LENSES AND ORE SHOOTS, 14 TO 16 INCHES THICK, 200 TO 400 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 17-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey HOST ROCK TYPE CHECKED.
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., SEC., TOWNSHIP, RANGE, DEPOSIT TYPE.
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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