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Spardy

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034483
MRDS ID M021277
Record type Site
Current site name Spardy
Related records 10237576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45637, 40.64402 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES S. OF KESWICK

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

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION QUESTIONABLE; COORDINATES EST.

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45637, 40.64402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Flat Creek (Area)

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; CROSS-CUT ADIT 450 FT, DRIFT 500 FT., STOPED TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 257

  • 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 GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF.

Reporter information

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

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