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Little Nellie

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077598
MRDS ID W025301
Record type Site
Current site name Little Nellie
Related records 10116544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51054, 40.67207 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES W OF MATHESON; ON IRON MOUNTAIN.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 006W 27,35 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDE ORE

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) -122.51054, 40.67207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 N
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS 2 - 4 FT. THICK; SMALL ORE BODIES OF PYRITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924

Mining district

District name Flat Creek

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 232.703HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 CLAIMS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF ADITS AND WINZES

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.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1924 , COPPER RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 20 , P. 433.

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1924 CMB REPT. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS CONSIST OF ALLEGHANY AND BENNINGTON COPPER GROUPS.

Reporter information

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

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