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Delta Consolidated

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034403
MRDS ID M021173
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.49888, 40.91902 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF DELTA, ON SLOPE OF FRENCH RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamoine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(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 035N;036N;036N 006W;005W;005W 01;06;31 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE $8 - $10/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.49888, 40.91902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 10 VEINS WITH SIMILAR ALTITUDE; BRANCHING OF VEINS AND PINCHING OUT IN SHORT DISTANCE IS COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1912

Mining district

District name Dog Creek

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE TO 1912 NOT INCLUDING EARLY HIGH - GRADE MILLING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 263.055HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 CLAIMS, SEVERAL ADITS 20 - 1600 F., RAISES 100 - 200 FT, STOPES 200 FT.; ORE SHOOT 800 FT. X 18 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT 14 , P. 784 .

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H. G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 71 - 72 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    BROWN, G. C., 1916

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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