Stacey

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10103042
MRDS ID M021279
Record type Site
Current site name Stacey
Related records 10165431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55304, 40.90263 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES SW OF DELTA, NEAR STACEY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Damnation Peak(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

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 006W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE OR IRON OXIDE STAINING NEAR ORE DEPOSIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.55304, 40.90263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK HIGHLY ALTERED NEAR VEIN; COARSE GOLD IN POCKETS OF QUARTZ VEIN; VEIN THICKNESS 1 - 8 FT.; FAULT CROSSES VEIN CAUSING OFFSET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1912

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 2 CROSSCUT ADITS; ACTIVE IN 1913 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 73 .

  • 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

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1912

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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