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Original Quartz Hill

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034474
MRDS ID M021263
Record type Site
Current site name Original Quartz Hill
Alternate or previous names Hampton Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.41331, 40.63985 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES N.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

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

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 032N 070E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE FLOOR OF HAMPTON CREEK ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE ITS MOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INDUSTRIAL GRADE GARNETS

Analytical data

Result A VERTICAL CHANNEL SAMPLE AVERAGED 4.1% GARNET, BY WEIGHT, AVERAGING 0.0625 IN DIAMETER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.41331, 40.63985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.97M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 35 FT APART; MAIN VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gorco Garnet Abrasives Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 67FT X 32 FT X 16 FT DEEP. CONCENTRATING PLANT.

Comments on development

  • REMAINS OF A WASHING AND CONCENTRATING PLANT WERE IN PLACE IN 1965,AND IN 1981. TEST SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN THE EARLY 1960'S. GORCO GARNET ABRASIVES CO. CONSTRUCTED THE PLANT IN 1963 AND HAD PLANS TO MINE THE FULL WIDTH OF THE HAMPTON CREEK CHANNEL TO BEDROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 783

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • 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 NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-78 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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