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Oro Fino

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034475
MRDS ID M021264
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino
Related records 10116579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51971, 40.58402 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES S.W. OF SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS; QUARTZ DIORITE FOOTWALL, RHYOLITE HANGING WALL; RHYOLITE FINE GRAINED AND FLOW BANDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD VALUES VARIED FROM $4.40 - $70.40/TON; AVERAGE SHIPMENTS WERE $20 - $30/TON; NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; TAILINGS INDICATE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF WORK, PERHAPS A THOUSAND FT. OR MORE; SURFACE CAVING INDICATE PRESENCE OF STOPES FROM CAVED DRIFTS; ONLY SLIGHT DEVELOPMENT OF 3 ADITS ON VEIN, LONGEST 700 FT.

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

    FAIRBANKS, H.W., 1893 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P 44 .

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

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

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