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Wertz

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034492
MRDS ID M021290
Record type Site
Current site name Wertz
Alternate or previous names Ike Wertz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69082, 40.71707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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 033N 007W 17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE IN PORTION OF DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69082, 40.71707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 80 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 SUBPARALLEL VEINS, THIRD VEIN STRIKES N 10 - 20 W, DIPS 80 SW;

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
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J. P., 1965 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: CDMG, SPEC. REPT 85 , P 25

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK DESCRIPTION LIMITED

Reporter information

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

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