Sunday Gulch

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034486
MRDS ID M021281
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Gulch
Alternate or previous names Victor Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98332, 40.38318 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S. E. OF HARRISON GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chanchelulla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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

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 029N 010W 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE GRADE AT SURFACE ASSAYED $8/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.98332, 40.38318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 4 PARALLEL VEINS; SLATE FOOT WALL, DIABASE HANGING WALL.

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 121.41HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS; ACTIVE AROUND 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 799

  • 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.