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Jumbo

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034444
MRDS ID M021219
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4761, 40.62846 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 005W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4761, 40.62846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E W
    Dip 30 - 40 S
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A FEW QUARTZ STRINGERS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ DIORITE DIKE; A SERIES OF PARALLEL ORE SHOOTS ON VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 16.188HA
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUTS AND SHAFT 50 FT. ON VEIN, DRIFT 75 FT. AT BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1929 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 32 - 33

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 17 , P. 522

  • 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 FORMERLY WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD

Reporter information

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

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