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Ballou Group

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034370
MRDS ID M021140
Record type Site
Current site name Ballou Group
Alternate or previous names Great Falls, Hope, Manzanita Falls
Related records 10238086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58777, 40.54068 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES N.W. 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 006W 07,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -122.58777, 40.54068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD IN IRREGULARLY THICK VEINS, CONCENTRATED AT DEPTH IN OXIDIZED ZONE OF FOOT WALL. DARK, FINE GRAINED DIKES INTRUDE QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1875 - 1938

Comments on the production information

  • OXIDE ORE PRODUCED; NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: C.D.M. REPT. 35 P. 131 - 132 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, 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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