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Milton

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103031
MRDS ID M021242
Record type Site
Current site name Milton
Alternate or previous names Hope So
Related records 10213797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.46637, 40.58652 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES S.E. OF SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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 005W 31,32 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN TAILINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result PARTS OF VEIN CONTAIN UP TO 2 % SCHEELITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.46637, 40.58652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 83 W
    Dip STEEPLY N.
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SINGLE POCKET FOUND IN DRIFT CONTAINED GOLD VALUED AT $45,000 . IN 1954 SMALL PRODUCTION OF SCHEELITE, NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 115 FT., CAVED ADIT 50 FT TOWARD VEIN, DRIFTS 280 FT.; OLDER WORKINGS WITH SHAFT 55 FT., DRIFT AT BOTTOM 70 FT. ACTIVE ABOUT 1907

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 , P. 46

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974

Reporter information

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

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