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Gambrinus

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10077583
MRDS ID W025284
Record type Site
Current site name Gambrinus
Alternate or previous names Shasta Monarch Mining Company
Related records 10286757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.54666, 40.62763 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NW OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 006W 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ORE ABOUT $10/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.54666, 40.62763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Zone, 3 - 4 Ft.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 4 VEINS IN RHYOLITE NEAR CONTACT WITH GREENSTONE,

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, ONE 140 FT.; DRIFTS, CROSSCUT 110 FT.; ORE SHOOT 220 FT. X 18 IN.; MINING ACTIVITY BEGAN IN 18--, INTERMITTANTLY ACTIVE OVER FOLLOWING 50 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 39 , P. 26.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT. 14 , P. 786 - 787.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 50 , 51.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BEARING QUARTZ LENSES IN VEINS.

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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