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Blue Gravel

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur
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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 10077537
MRDS ID W025236
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Gravel
Related records 10237744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.40331, 40.56374 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILES SW OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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
Mount Diablo 031N 005W 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATES; SECTION PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.40331, 40.56374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD BEARING QUARTZ STRINGERS IN GREENSTONE BEDROCK; PLACER FROM STREAM GRAVELS; OXIDE ORE ABOVE 60 FT LEVEL, SULFIDE ORE BELOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1958

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE PLACER ONLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 100.58M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 185.93M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 25 FT. IN STREAM GRAVELS, 75 FT. IN BEDROCK, DRIFTS 330 FT., VEIN STOPED 180 FEET TO 60 FOOT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD LODES OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.B.M. REPT 29 , P. 59 - 60 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 133 .

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINALLY MINED FOR PLACER GOLD
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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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