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Merry Mountain

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034458
MRDS ID M021240
Record type Site
Current site name Merry Mountain
Alternate or previous names Merry Mountain Diggers
Related records 10262039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61304, 40.68652 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SE OF FRENCH GULCH; ON MERRY MOUNTAIN.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 007W 25,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTIONS PROJECTED.

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ OCCURS IN STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1930'S (GOLD), 1954 (URANIUM)

Comments on the production information

  • 29,000 TONS OF SURFACE MATERIAL MINED ( 1930'S )

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE MATERIAL MINED WITH POWER SHOVEL FOR SHORT PERIOD 1930'S; ADIT IN SURFACE GRAVELS; LATER URANIUM PROSPECTING IN 1954 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT 35 , P. 142

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974

Reporter information

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

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