The Mad Ox is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.68639, -122.55333
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Mad Ox MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mad Ox
Secondary: Caribou Gold Mining and Power Company
Secondary: Maddox
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED.
Comment (Commodity): NO VISIBLE SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): 3 CLAIMS; CROSS-CUT ADIT 900 FT., DRIFTS 1,100 FT.; 2 ORE SHOOTS 60 FT. X 2 TO 4 FT. AT 100 FT APART; LOCATED 1911 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKE IN SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING QUARTZ; ORE VEIN VARING FROM THIN GOUGE TO 4 FT THICK; DIKE NEAR VEIN SILICIFIED AND PARTIALLY REPLACED BY CALCITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CMB REPT. 29 , P. 35 .
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P 791 - 792
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 252 .
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
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