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Independence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034438
MRDS ID M021210
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Group
Related records 10286991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99911, 40.39285 (WGS84)
Relative position W. OF MIDAS MINE AT KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chanchelulla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N;030N 010W;010W 04;32 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.
  • PLS is in two counties. Lat/long based on part of section 4 that is in Shasta County because property is described in Shasta County reports.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrison Gulch

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS OF "GOOD" ORE MILLED; NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: California Division of Mines REPT. 29 , P. 31

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK DESCRIPTION LIMITED

Reporter information

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

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