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Roaring River

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109539
MRDS ID M045341
Record type Site
Current site name Roaring River
Alternate or previous names Roaring River Gold Dredging Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52553, 40.39486 (WGS84)
Elevation 190
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM WEST OF COTTONWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ono(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N;030N 006W;006W 02,03,04,05,09,10;33,34,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROARING RIVER NEAR GAS POINT AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. TAILINGS ALSO ALONG MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK AND CROW CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT JUNCTION OF MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK WHICH IS NEAR MOUTH OF ROARING RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 30% IRIDIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PT:AU=1:25 ON AVERAGE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52553, 40.39486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roaring River Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 120-122

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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