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Black Cloud and Red Top

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10034375
MRDS ID M021145
Record type Site
Current site name Black Cloud and Red Top
Alternate or previous names Reservoir and Offset
Related records 10213581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42053, 40.62874 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES N. OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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 032N 005W 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 ORE VEINS INTERSECT AT DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 12.141HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CLAIM; SHAFT 165 FT., DRIFTS 60 FT AND 45 FT AT 100 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK, 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT 17 , P. 520 .

  • 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 , P. 111 .

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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