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Brush Hill Mine

Past Producer in Lassen 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098704
MRDS ID MP00017
Record type Site
Current site name Brush Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87606, 40.99569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Using Old Claim Map And Hayden Hill Quadrangle

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silva Flat Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 009E 36 SE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87606, 40.99569
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike WSW; N-S
    Dip 55NW;
    Thickness 1.22M
  • General form VEINS
    Dip 55NW;

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY ANDESITE AND RHYODACITE FLOWS, TUFFS, AND BRECCIAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hayden Hill

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED AT $400,000
  • PRODUCTION PRIMARILY FROM SHENANDOAH DIVES (1901-1957)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES MAY BE LARGE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 231.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - LASSEN COUNTY, IN 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD W024033
Deposit LARGEST VEINS IN THE AREA: SHENANDOAH-DIVES, THE ASPEN, SILVER LAKE-NEVADA, AND THE HIGHLAND MARY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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