The Gold Belt Mcdow is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California.
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Mine Info
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Gold Belt Mcdow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Belt Mcdow
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George N. Mcdow - Diamond Mt. Mine Co.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OF MOST CONCERN IN DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY ARE SEVERAL TRANSVERSE (CROSS) FAULTS WHICH OFFSET THE VEIN IN AT LEAST THREE PLACES. FINE CRYSTALLINE PYRITE OCCURS IN PATCHES IN THE QUARTZ AND ON CAVITY LININGS.
Comment (Production): SOME OF THE ORE EXPOSED IN WORKINGS IS SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $5 PER TON. MILL WAS BEING DISMANTLED IN AUGUST, 1928.
Comment (Workings): 180-FT. CROSS-CUT TUNNEL AND DRIFTING FOR NEARLY 300 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): REPT. 12, P. 149; CALIF. REPT. 15, P. 236; MR-24
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV, P. 7
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, OCT. 1936, PP. 437-9
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