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Empire

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034412
MRDS ID M021182
Record type Site
Current site name Empire
Related records 10189863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66082, 40.46735 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILE W. OF ONO, NEAR N. FORK OF COTTONWOOD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tar Bully(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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 030N 007W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66082, 40.46735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 6.71M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 6 - 22 FT. THICK, NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANITIC PORPHYRY AND SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ono

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 48.564HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 500 FT., SHAFT 45 FT., ORE SHOOT 80 X 1 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 785

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 356

  • 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 OTHER INFORMATION 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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