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Menzel

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077552
MRDS ID W025252
Record type Site
Current site name Menzel
Alternate or previous names Bullard and Vandever, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Scottish Chief
Related records 10238093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47471, 40.67402 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES N.W. OF REDDING

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)

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 005W 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES 1 PERCENT COPPER AND IRON SULFIDES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47471, 40.67402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 E
    Dip 60 - 70 S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FINE GRAINED, BASIC, PREMINERALIZED DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880 OR 1890 AND EARLY 1930'S

Mining district

District name Flat Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; MAIN CROSSCUT ADIT 600 FT., DRIFT 250 FT. ORE SHOOT 2 X 80 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 37.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 141

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 797 - 798.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 259 - 260.

  • Deposit

    5) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    AVERILL, 1939 .

Reporter information

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

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