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Old Spanish

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034473
MRDS ID M021261
Record type Site
Current site name Old Spanish
Alternate or previous names Deakin and Taylor, Enright
Related records 10262676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47526, 40.58624 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 1/2 W. OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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 032N 005W 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNT SULFIDES IN QUARTZ VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    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) -122.47526, 40.58624
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault South

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N.W. Trending Fault And Greenstone Inclusions In N 70 . Of Workings. Granitic Stock Suggest Fault Is Ore Locus.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1 MAIN VEIN STRIKING N 70 E; 3 PARALLEL VEINS STRIKE N 70 W, DIP 50 - 70 NE; SULFIDE ZONE AT 10 FT. BELOW SURFACE; ALL VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE CONTACT OF HOST ROCKS.

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 64.752HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 45 , 90 FT, ADIT 210 FT. IN MAIN VEIN; SAME VEIN PROSPECTED PRIOR TO 1890 ; 2 ADITS ON SMALLER VEIN 125 , 140 FT., SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 42

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 796

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CBM REPT 12 , P. 246

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 49

  • Deposit

    5) MCGREGOR, ALEX, 1890 , SHASTA COUNTY: CBM REPT. 10 , P. 632 .

Reporter information

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

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