Willard and Williams

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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 10034494
MRDS ID M021293
Record type Site
Current site name Willard and Williams
Alternate or previous names W and W
Related records 10116775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47971, 40.61818 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE W. OF KESWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF SECTION 19 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINS SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47971, 40.61818

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 65 N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAIN VEIN 6 IN. TO 4 FT., ALSO SEVERAL PARALLEL MINOR VEINS.

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 Surface/Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; SURFACE CUTS 50 FT. LONG; SHAFT 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK, 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 17 , P. 523 - 524

  • 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

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