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Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine Probably Same As Continental

Occurrence in Del Norte 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029785
MRDS ID M007555
Record type Site
Current site name Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine Probably Same As Continental

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.80782, 41.98065 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SHELLEY CR 1 MI. NW OF MONUMENTAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 18N 03E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.80782, 41.98065
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. V. Stanfield, Raymond Mitchell, E. C. Matthews
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • 53 TONS OF ORE MINED IN 1946 WHICH ASSAYED $15.90 PER TON IN GOLD. SINCE SHIPPING AND SMELTING COSTS WERE ABOUT $17 PER TON, ORE WAS UNPROFITABLE TO SHIP BEFORE CONCENTRATING. MINE IDLE SINCE 1946. GOLD ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN 1950 CONTAINED MINOR LEAD AND COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 240 FT. DEEP AND A NUMBER OF PROSPECT TUNNELS 30 TO 40 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 278, 305; V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT. 1957, P. 439

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 995-C, P. 122, PL. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES 165 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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