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Clipper and Snyder 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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034396
MRDS ID M021166
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper and Snyder Group
Alternate or previous names California Progressive, Los Andes, Snyder, Carnegie Group.
Related records 10262142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.48582, 40.76179 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF SHASTA DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohemotash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 034N;034N 005W;006W 31;36 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD AND SULFIDES ASSAYED TOGETHER AT $5 - $9/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.48582, 40.76179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 50 N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 97.54M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF ORE VEINS ON PROPERTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Flat Creek

Comments on the production information

  • 415 TONS OF ORE MILLED; NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 48.564HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 CLAIMS; SHAFT 230 FT WITH 3 LEVELS, DRIFTS, RAISES 50 FT., STOPE 130 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C. D M. REPT 23 , P. 19 - 20 .

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT 14 , P 781 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, C. M. B. REPT. 12 , P. 246

  • 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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