Big Dyke

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287061
MRDS ID W025270
MAS/MILS ID 0060890290
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dyke
Related records 10077569

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.5719, 40.53675 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 006 W 17 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 5 (Klamath Mountains)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR M&G V53 NOS3 4 JULY-OCT 1937 P666

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECS 18SE 1/4 ALSO SECS 19 AND 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.