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Bjork 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077585
MRDS ID W025287
Record type Site
Current site name Bjork Group
Alternate or previous names Golden Blanket
Related records 10116390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57999, 40.74374 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES NE OF FRENCH GULCH; ON N.E. FLANK OF SHIRTTAIL PEAK.

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
033N 006W 06 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57999, 40.74374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATES JUST W OF CLAIMS, DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE TO THE N.W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS; SHAFT 80 FT, ADIT 200 FT., 400 FT BELOW COLLAR, DRIFT 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939 MINERAL RES OF SHASTA COUNTY: C.D.M. REPT. 35 P 132

  • 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 , P 111 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION 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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