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Mad Ox

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034454
MRDS ID M021234
Record type Site
Current site name Mad Ox
Alternate or previous names Caribou Gold Mining and Power Company, Maddox

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55443, 40.68624 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES NW OF REDDING, ON MAD OX 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 006W 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO VISIBLE SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.55443, 40.68624
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 27 E
    Dip 90 - 80 E
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone 4 To 6 Ft. Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKE IN SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING QUARTZ; ORE VEIN VARING FROM THIN GOUGE TO 4 FT THICK; DIKE NEAR VEIN SILICIFIED AND PARTIALLY REPLACED BY CALCITE.

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 Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; CROSS-CUT ADIT 900 FT., DRIFTS 1,100 FT.; 2 ORE SHOOTS 60 FT. X 2 TO 4 FT. AT 100 FT APART; LOCATED 1911 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CMB REPT. 29 , P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P 791 - 792

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 252 .

  • 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 QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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