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Yankee John

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077541
MRDS ID W025240
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee John
Alternate or previous names Richstrike, Sebastian Mining Company, Shasta Mining Association, Yankee Jack
Related records 10165497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4597, 40.53318 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES S.W. 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)

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 031N 005W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -122.4597, 40.53318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL VEIN IN META-ANDESITE NEAR SLATE CONTACT; VEINS WELL INDURATED WITH EXCEPTION OF SOFT QUARTZ CONTAINING ON ORE POCKET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 123.434HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS; SHAFT 300 FT., CROSSCUT ADIT 35 FT. WITH DRIFT; ADIT 16 FT. WITH DRIFT 100 FT.; WORKINGS MORE EXTENSIVE BUT ARE PRESENTLY FILLED WITH WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 57 - 58

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 150 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C.MCK, 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 17 , P. 524

  • Deposit

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

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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