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Cates 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034392
MRDS ID M021162
Record type Site
Current site name Cates Group
Related records 10165194

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55388, 40.91985 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES W. OF DELTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Damnation Peak(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

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 006W 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: META - ANDESITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOT WALL; FOOT WALL INTRUDED BY ANDESITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 CLAIMS; MAIN ADIT 335 FT CUTS VEIN AT 181 FT, 80 FT BELOW SURFACE; DRIFTS 35 FT; OLDER ADIT 154 FT; 110 FT BELOW MAIN ADIT; GENTLE DIPPING SLATES NEAR OLDER ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: C. D. M. REPT. 35 , P 135 .

  • 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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