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Boswell Group

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Sulfur
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034386
MRDS ID M021156
Record type Site
Current site name Boswell Group
Alternate or previous names Flordia and Big Gem Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.48553, 40.54707 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES S. W. OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 005W 07,12,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD COMMONLY OCCURS WITH SULFIDES

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) -122.48553, 40.54707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 60 N
    Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PRINCIPAL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Creek (Middle Creek )

Comments on the production information

  • ASSAY VALUE $8 TO $20/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 97.128HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 CLAIMS; SEVERAL SHAFTS TO 50 FT., DRIFTS STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C. D. M. REPT. 29 , P 11 - 12.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: C. M. B. REPT. 13 , P. 248 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921 SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: C. M. B. REPT. 17 , P 520 - 521 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIV., SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT. 18 , P. 494 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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