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Desmond

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077579
MRDS ID W025280
Record type Site
Current site name Desmond
Alternate or previous names Aurora
Related records 10213398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.64527, 40.54624 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES N. OF WHISKEYTOWN

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 032N 006W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.64527, 40.54624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 50 S
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN VARIES FROM 4 TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; SHAFT ON VEIN 135 FT., ADIT CONNECTS WITH SHAFT, WINZE AT END OF ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P 135

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG COUNTY REPT 6 , 135 P.

  • Production

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK DESCRIPTION FOUND

Reporter information

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

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