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Ganim

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077577
MRDS ID W025278
Record type Site
Current site name Ganim
Related records 10189318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.5611, 40.64985 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 11 MILES NW OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 006W 05,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PYRITE, ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Talc Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AT $15/TON ( 1926

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.5611, 40.64985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 25 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE DEPOSIT NEAR META-ANDESITE, QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880 - 1912

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD EXTRACTED AFTER 1912 WITH NO RECORD; TALC PRODUCTION AFTER 1921 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 14 CLAIMS; MAIN ADIT 250 FT., CROSSCUTS 170 FT., 4 RAISES 50 FT. EACH, WINZE 70 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.C., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: C.D.M.G., SPEC REPT. 85 , P. 33.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: C.D.M. REPT. 23 , P. 26 - 27

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1924 , SHASTA COUNTY IN SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT. 3 , P. 171 - 172

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    FERGUSON

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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