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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034413
MRDS ID M021183
Record type Site
Current site name Empire
Related records 10262316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69916, 40.71652 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W. OF FRENCH GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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 033N 007W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE GOLD ORE WITH 1 1/2 PERCENT SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69916, 40.71652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 15 N
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE ORE VEIN; GRANITIC PORPHYRY FOOT WALL, SLATE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; 4 ADITS 115 - 500 FT., DRIFT 300 FT., STOPE 100 FT.; ORE SHOOT 100 X 6 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. AT SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 156 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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