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Mount Shasta

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103033
MRDS ID M021248
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Shasta
Related records 10262565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52832, 40.58402 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 SW OF SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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)

Federal lands

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOOT LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52832, 40.58402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 40 - 50 SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 50 FT. APART; QUARTZ DIORITE FOOTWALL, METARHYOLITE HANGING WALL; WHITE QUARTZ CARRIES GOLD AND PYRITE IN DIKE OF SHEARED ALASKITE WITHIN QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORD FROM SMELTER SHIPMENT; ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION FROM STAMP MILL RETURNS NOT RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 21.044HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; SHAFT 660 FT. WITH 7 LEVELS, SHORT CROSSCUT AT BASE, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS; ORE SHOOT 400 X 12 FT.; LOCATED 1897 ; ACTIVE UNTIL 1905 AND 1911 - 1913 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 38 .

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 794

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL 540 , P. 47 - 49 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933

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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