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Central

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077546
MRDS ID W025246
Record type Site
Current site name Central
Related records 10116813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42637, 40.66291 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI. NORTH OF REDDINGS, ON THE SLOPE E. OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N;033N 005W;005W 03,04;33,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED 80 CENTS-$20/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.42637, 40.66291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912 - 1919

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS; 2 ADITS: 1) UPPER ADIT 200 FT. W/ DRIFTS 700 FT., ORE SHOOT 230 X 6 FT HIGH-GRADE, 2) LOWER ADIT 1,000 FT. WITH DRIFTS 860 FT, ORE SHOOT 165 X 15 FT, LOW GRADE, CUT OFF BY FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922 , REDDING FIELD DIV.: C.M.B. REPT. 18 , P. 494 .

  • Production

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 .

Reporter information

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

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