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Hall Brothers

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077566
MRDS ID W025267
Record type Site
Current site name Hall Brothers
Alternate or previous names Scharrell
Related records 10286493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.6261, 40.56318 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF IGO, ON N. SLOPE OF MULE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Bally(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 031N}031N 006W}006W 02}11 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Shasta Bally Batholith
    Rock description Shasta Bally Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.6261, 40.56318
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shasta Bally Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusion, Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD IN 4 TO 6 IN. QUARTZ STRINGERS AND IN POCKETS; SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS ON PROPERTY WITH ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1933

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Star Lodge No. 2, F. And A. M., C/O Charles E. Hall, Redding
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE RECORDING $800 OF ORE EXTRACTED BEFORE 1933 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Length 48.77M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Length 48.77M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings DRIFTS
    Length 76.2M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Length 11.89M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS; SHAFT 39 FT., OPEN CUT 40 FT.; OLD WORKINGS 1912 , NEW 1932 ; OLD WORKINGS 400 FT. E. OF SHAFT, WITH 2 ADITS, 160 FT. EACH, DRIFTS 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MINERAL RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 138

  • Deposit

    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, C.V., 1939 : CDM REPT. 35 , P. 138 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., SEC., TOWNSHIP, RANGE, DEPOSIT TYPE. ENTERED HOST ROCK TYPE, AGE, GEOLOGY, WORKINGS, LOCATION.
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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