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Silverfalls - Chicago Consol.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033882
MRDS ID M020532
Record type Site
Current site name Silverfalls - Chicago Consol.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57832, 40.52735 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF IGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 007W 17,18,19,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57832, 40.52735
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ DIORITE IS INTRUDED BY BOTH ACIDIC AND BASIC DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Comments on the production information

  • CHICAGO - MADISON VEIN PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY $1,000,000. FROM VEIN 28 , 40 TONS WAS SHIPPED TO KENNETT WHICH ASSAYED $.83 AU AND 17.7 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 89.034HA
    Overall depth 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIM NAMES: PILLCHUNCK, UNION COLD SPRING, RICHMOND, MADISON, AND CHICAGO HELD BY U. S. MINERAL CLAIMS. FRACTION NO. 1 , 2 , 4 , METAL, AMY, AND BATHDITH BY LOCATION. 36 VEINS AND FISSURES HAVE BEEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY VOL. 34 - 35 ; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 171 - 172

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MC K., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY, 17TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 527

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION, 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 207 - 210

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SERIES OF VEINS AND SEAMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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