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Dreadnaught

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034406
MRDS ID M021176
Record type Site
Current site name Dreadnaught
Alternate or previous names Drednot
Related records 10286716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52916, 40.64402 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF SHASTA, NEAR WHITE ROCK GULCH.

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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 10,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIES 1/2 % SULFIDES.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52916, 40.64402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 80 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; ADIT 40 FT., SHAFT 20 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 247 .

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK DESCRIPTION FOUND

Reporter information

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

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