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Shotgun Creek Mine

Prospect in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261998
MRDS ID W025261
MAS/MILS ID 0060890261
Record type Site
Current site name Shotgun Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Gill,Primm,& Dougherty Group, Noble Electric Steel Co. Property
Related records 10077561

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.3917, 41.05985 (WGS84)
Elevation 342
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Hawk Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 037 N 005 W 13 SESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.3917, 41.05985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 5M
    Length 230M
    Width 30M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N40E:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820614

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Shotgun Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John A And Ann C O'Malley
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 29M
    Overall depth 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 10
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G. AND H.E.HAWKES,1965 CDMG BULL 134,CHAP 1,PT.3,P

  • Deposit

    DILLER JS,1906 DESCRIPTION OF REDDING QUAD,U.S.G.S ATLAS FOL

  • Deposit

    P.14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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