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Buena Vista

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034388
MRDS ID M021158
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista
Related records 10165414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4547, 40.56929 (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)

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 Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4547, 40.56929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 5 FT. THICK ABOVE FAULT ZONE IS 2 FT THICK AT DEPTH; WEST OF MINE ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES INTRUDE META - ANDESITE COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1927 - 1961

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED; OWNER ( 1929 ) STATES THAT ORE AVERAGES UP TO $30/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; INCLINED SHAFT 187 FT, 100 FT. DRIFT AT BASE, 224 FT DRIFT AT 30 FT LEVEL, 40 FT DRIFT AT 90 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C. D. M. REPT. 29 , P. 15 .

  • 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.

  • Production

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974

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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