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Bonanza

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034385
MRDS ID M021155
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Alternate or previous names Salt Creek Group
Related records 10262710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58666, 40.74374 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position MORE THAN 3 MILES N. E. FROM FRENCH GULCH, ON N. E. SLOPE OF SHIRTTAIL PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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 006W 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58666, 40.74374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 50 E
    Thickness 0.36M
    Length 36.58M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOT WALL, GRANITE PORPHYRY HANGING WALL; WEST TRENDING DIORITE DIKE 20 FT. THICK INTRUDES VEIN.

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
    Area 24.282HA
    Length 109.73M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AT 50 FT. VERTICAL INTERVALS, LENGTHS 60 , 120 , 180 FT TOP TO BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C. M. B. REPT. 14 , P. 780

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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