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Lady Slipper

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103025
MRDS ID M021224
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Slipper
Alternate or previous names Live Oak
Related records 10214073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.5061, 40.64429 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF WHISKEYTOWN NEAR S. FORK OF SPRING CREEK.

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 032N 006W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD FREE AND ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE-BORNITE NODULES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.5061, 40.64429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 78 N
    Thickness 0.25M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 8 TO 10 IN. THICK

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 SHAFTS, ONE 80 FT.; LOCATED PRIOR TO 1896 AND WORKED 1953 TO ABOUT 1960

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

Reporter information

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

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