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Wood

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036222
MRDS ID M024290
Record type Site
Current site name Wood
Related records 10262660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.27553, 40.74929 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR COVE CREEK 1 3/4 MI E OF GRAY ROCKS AND 12 MI NE OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

City of Shasta Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(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 033N 004W 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 35-40% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodney Wood, Et. Al.
    Home office Redding, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J. C., 1974: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRENDS N TO NW IN ZONE 40 TO 450 FT. WIDE, ABOUT 1/2 MI LONG. EXTENSION OF GOSSAN ON FORMER PIT RIVER CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS.
Deposit LOCATED IN MID-1960 SAMPLED BY BUNKER HILL CO. LATE 1960 NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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