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Tom Green

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077611
MRDS ID W025315
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Green
Alternate or previous names Green, Honey Bee, Sysonby, Twenty Grand
Related records 10213652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69249, 40.71346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES N.W. OF FRENCH GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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 033N 007W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ CARRIES 1 % SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS; ONLY ONE WORKED; SLATE HANGING WALL, GRANITIC PORPHYRY FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1890 - 1913

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS; ADIT 1900 FT., DRIFTS, STOPE AND RAISE 80 FT.; ORE SHOOT 210 X 2 FT.; LOCATED 1887 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: CDMG, SPEC. REPT. 85 , P. 29

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 52 .

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 800 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 249 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSITS

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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