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Gladstone

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077586
MRDS ID W025288
Record type Site
Current site name Gladstone
Alternate or previous names French Gulch Mining Company, Hazel Gold Mine Company
Related records 10286488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58554, 40.72346 (WGS84)
Elevation 762

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 006W 07,08,17;18 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58554, 40.72346
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 60 S - 80 S
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 50 To 70 Feet Crushed Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHITE TO BLUISH GRAY QUARTZ AND CALCITE ; GEOL.DESC: GOUGE GENERALLY COVERS VEIN; 3 ORE SHOOTS RAKE STEEPLY WEST IN UPPER PART OF MINE WHERE THEY MERGE DOWNWARD, RAKING STEEPLY EAST AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1887 - 1924

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 308.786HA
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 640.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER 1000 FT. WORKED BY ADIT WHILE LOWER PORTION WORKED BY VERTICAL WINZE FROM MAIN ADIT LEVEL. ELEVEL LEVELS BELOW MAIN ADIT, 600 TO 2500 FT. VERTICAL WINZE 1150 FT., RAISES, STOPES, AND WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., SPECIAL REPORT 85 , 43 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 193 , 181 P.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 6 , 154 P.

  • Production

    CLARK, W.B., 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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