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Continental

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034400
MRDS ID M021170
Record type Site
Current site name Continental
Related records 10237916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58777, 40.54791 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILE N. W. OF IGO, ON S. SLOPE OF RIDGE ON N. BANK OF S. FORK OF CLEAR CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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 006W 07,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 VEINS, N 10 E AND N 45 E, OXIDIZED ZONE 50 FT. BELOW SURFACE; VEINS THICKEST AT SURFACE, THIN TO 1 FT. AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name S. Fork Of Clear Creek (Area)

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 CLAIMS; 2 ADITS, SHAFT 50 FT.; LOCATED 1880'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A., AND O'BRIEN J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , COPPER IN LOGAN, C. A., SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV., SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT. 22 , P. 206 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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