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Climax

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077568
MRDS ID W025269
Record type Site
Current site name Climax
Related records 10238090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.54638, 40.53457 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF IGO, ON THE SLOPE W. OF CLEAR CREEK.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 006W 16,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS PROJECTED, COORDINATES ESTIMATED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BASE AT DEPTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SILVER 215 OZ./TON, GOLD 0.08 OZ./TON LEAD 6.6 %, ZINC 25.2 %
Result GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYED ( 1922 ) AT $10/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.54638, 40.53457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 50 E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE FOOT WALL, META-ANDESITE HANGING WALL; 2 PARALLEL VEINS, ONE IN A LENTICULAR BODY, 50 X 2 FT., OF QUARTZ DIORITE; VEINS CONSIST OF BLACK CARBONIZED SLATE, PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ AND CUT BY QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1913 THROUGH 1920'S

Mining district

District name S. Fork Of Clear Creek (Area)

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED; GOLD AND SILVER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS-SEVERAL SHAFTS, ALL BUT 1 IN CONTACT VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV.: C.M.B. REPT. 22 , P. 205 - 206 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., MINES AND MIN. RES. OFSHASTA COUNTY CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT 6 , 154 P.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 ; REDDING FIELD DIV., SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 18 , P. 320

  • Production

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

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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