The Delta Consolidated is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,900 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.91917, -122.49778
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Delta Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delta Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Dog Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE $8 - $10/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): 30 CLAIMS, SEVERAL ADITS 20 - 1600 F., RAISES 100 - 200 FT, STOPES 200 FT.; ORE SHOOT 800 FT. X 18 IN.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 10 VEINS WITH SIMILAR ALTITUDE; BRANCHING OF VEINS AND PINCHING OUT IN SHORT DISTANCE IS COMMON.
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACC
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURE TO 1912 NOT INCLUDING EARLY HIGH - GRADE MILLING.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT 14 , P. 784 .
Reference (Production): BROWN, G. C., 1916
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 71 - 72 .
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
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