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Great Western

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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077567
MRDS ID W025268
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western
Alternate or previous names Stony Gulch
Related records 10140587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51276, 40.54513 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF REDDING; ON S. SLOPE OF MULE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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 006W 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • S.W. CORNER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51276, 40.54513
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE VEIN ASSOCIATE WITH FINE GRAINED MAFIC DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years UNTIL 1932

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT FROM 2 PARALLEL VEINS, ABOUT 15 FT. APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: C.D.M.G., SPEC. REPT. 85 , P. 31.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P. 29 - 30.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 117.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
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

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