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Black Diamond

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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034376
MRDS ID M021146
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond
Alternate or previous names Grandview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45526, 40.56874 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES W OF REDDING, ON THE SIDE OF A PROMINATE RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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 005W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45526, 40.56874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 ORE VEINS, N 60 W/60 W AND N/80 E; ALASKITE PORPHYRY INTRUDES META-ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shasta

Comments on the workings information

  • TEN CLAIMS; SEVERAL SHAFTS 10 TO 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 18 , P. 296 .

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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