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Reid

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077545
MRDS ID W025245
Record type Site
Current site name Reid
Related records 10213496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43026, 40.66596 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES N. OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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 032N;033N 005W;005W 03,04;34 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF SILVER, BOTH ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUES VARY $4 - 30/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.43026, 40.66596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occurs On Faulted Surface

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS; MOST ORE FROM ORE SHOOT 600 FT., RAKING STEEPLY NORTH; VEIN FEW INCHES TO 30 FT. THICK. AVERAGE OF 10 FT.; RHYOLITIC DIKE ON SURFACE NEAR VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Production years 1907 - 1919 , 1923 - 1925

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 64.752HA
    Overall depth 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 CLAIMS; SHAFT 1100 FT., MAIN ADIT 1000 FT., SEVERAL SHORTER ADITS AT LOWER LEVELS, LOCATED 1907 , ACTIVE THROUGH 1919 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CMB REPT. 29 , P. 46 - 48

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 14 , P. 797

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT. 22 , P. 176 - 178

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    2) TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 18 , P. 408.

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926

Reporter information

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

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