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Siskiyou and Nightengale

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034481
MRDS ID M021274
Record type Site
Current site name Siskiyou and Nightengale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51527, 40.91957 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF DELTA, ABOVE DOG CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Damnation Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 006W 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -122.51527, 40.91957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOTWALL, META-ANDESITE HANGING WALL; 5 VEINS ON CLAIM, ONE IS A MAIN PRODUCER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dog Creek

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS ON A MAIN VEIN 100 - 500 FT, 4 DRIFTS; ORE SHOOT 450 X 3 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 798

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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