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Diamond

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077571
MRDS ID W025272
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond
Alternate or previous names Black Prince, Black Diamond, Dayton.
Related records 10262092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58777, 40.54818 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NW OF IGO, ON S. SLOPE OF PROMINENT RIDGE, ABOVE S. FORK OF CLEAR CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(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 006W 07,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE SULFIDE ORE BELOW OXIDIZED ZONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 4 PARALLEL VEINS ON AND NEAR CONTACT OF META-ANDESITE HANGING WALL AND GRANITE FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Igo

Comments on the production information

  • RETURN VALUE FROM SMELTER $50/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER ( 1916 ); NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL VEINS WORKED ON 11 CLAIMS; SEVERAL SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; ONE ADIT 400 FT. WITH STOPE ON BLACK PRINCE VEIN; ORE SHOOT 2 X 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P 784

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 12 , P 377

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 13 , P 355

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK PRINCE AND THE BLACK DIAMOND ARE TWO PRINCIPAL CLAIMS OF THE SOUTH FORK MINING AND MILLING COMPANY'S MINE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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