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Bell Cow

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 10077613
MRDS ID W025317
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Cow
Related records 10237578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.84554, 40.40735 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 4 MILES N.E. OF PLATINA, NEAR BIG BEAR GULCH AND MIDDLE FORK OF COTTONWOOD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arbuckle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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 030N 009W 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.84554, 40.40735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 39 W
    Dip 35 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IN PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS.

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 134.36HA
    Overall length 320.95M

Comments on the workings information

  • 16 CLAIMS; ADITS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P 10 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT 22 , P 169 - 170 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 18 , P. 296 .

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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