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Bonanza 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 10034383
MRDS ID M021153
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group
Alternate or previous names Salt Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45748, 40.58652 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES W. OF REDDING

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN CARRIES HIGH - GRADE SULFIDE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45748, 40.58652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS CUT BY A DIORITE DIKE AND INTERSECTING WITH ANOTHER VEIN; COARSE GOLD IN ORE SHOOT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50.29M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT. ADIT ON ONE VEIN, 135 FT. ON OTHER, SHAFT 300 FT.; 20 IN. OF SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: C. M. B. REPT. 12 , P 256 .

  • 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.

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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