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Whiskey Hill

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077595
MRDS ID W025297
Record type Site
Current site name Whiskey Hill
Alternate or previous names Tom Cook
Related records 10262288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55138, 40.68541 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES N. OF WHISKEYTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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 033N 006W 28 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD BOTH FREE AND ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.55138, 40.68541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 - 40 E
    Dip 83 W
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Fault Surface In Host Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN COMPOSED OF FRAGMENTED GREENSTONE, FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ AND GREEN GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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