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Texas Consolidated

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103044
MRDS ID M021285
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Texas and Georgia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.46277, 40.65596 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE E. OF COPLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N;033N 005W;005W 04;32,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS UP TO 2 1/2 % SULFIDES
Result ORE ASSAYED ON THE AVERAGE OF $40/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.46277, 40.65596
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Faulted By Series Of N 40 W Trending Faults Which Cut Off The Ore.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS 4 - 14 FT. THICK IN QUARTZ PORPHYRY AND SLATE; SLATE WALLS WITH GOUGE ON BOTH SIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 210.039HA
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 277.37M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS ON MAIN VEIN 4000 FT., LONGEST 1,600 FT; DRIFTS SEVERAL THOUSAND FT., RAISES, STOPES; ORE SHOOT GREATER THAN 600 FT. X 8 TO 12 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 51

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 35 , P. 146 - 148

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 800

  • Deposit

    REF. CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 258

  • Deposit

    2) REF. FAIRBANKS, H. W., 1893 , GEOL. AND MIN. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 43

  • Deposit

    3) REF. HODSON, W. G., 1893 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 395

  • Deposit

    4) REF. LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 22 , P. 179

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    6) REF. TUCKER, W. B., 1923 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 19 , P 137 .

  • 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

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