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Benson Group

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077580
MRDS ID W025281
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Group
Related records 10262427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.49971, 40.64068 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position ALMOST 4 MILES N OF SHASTA, W. OF S. FORK OF SPRING CREEK

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 006W 12,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FREE GOLD ACCOUNTED FOR 25 % OF ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike W
    Dip 70 N
    Thickness 2.74M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE VEIN WITH CRUSHED QUARTZ AND GOUGE ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1922 - 30'S

Mining district

District name Shasta

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 29.138HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS, SHORT ADIT, SHAFT, WINZE, STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P. 10

  • 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.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS ARE THE JANICE, CONNECTION, AND LOST SHAFT

Reporter information

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

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