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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034368
MRDS ID M021138
Record type Site
Current site name Australia
Alternate or previous names New Year and Australian
Related records 10116746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58221, 40.60457 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE N. OF SHASTA

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)

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
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 19,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike W
    Dip 60 N
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE FOOT WALL, GRANITE PORPHYRY HANGING WALL; ORE OCCURS IN 2 PARALLEL VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1914

Mining district

District name Shasta

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, LONGEST 340 FT. WITH 40 FT. WINZE AT FACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 14 , P 779

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: C.M.B. REPT. 13 , P 362 .

  • 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

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

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

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