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Ruby and Pearl

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077564
MRDS ID W025265
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby and Pearl
Related records 10214051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45277, 41.17735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES W. OF CASTELLA, ON THE UPPER REACH OF CASTLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Lakes Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 038N 005W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45277, 41.17735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN VARIES FROM 12 IN. TO 2 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 40.47HA
    Length 214.27M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS 177 , 530 FT, RAISE CONNECTS ADITS; ORE SHOOT 80 X 1 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 18 , P. 354

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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