The Midas Group is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Mine Info
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Midas Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midas Group
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Harrison Gulch
Secondary: Victor and Twinvict
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Harrison Gulch
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: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Considerable Local Faulting, With Largest. Over 400 Ft. In Width.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN LENSES AND ORE SHOOTS, 14 TO 16 INCHES THICK, 200 TO 400 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE 1400 FT. WITH 14 LEVELS; DRIFTS 26,000 FT; CROSSCUT, RAISES ALL 11,000 FT.; STOPE. ORE SHOOT 14 IN. X 200 - 400 FT. MINE DISCOVERED IN 1894
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 VEINS, 2 TRENDING ABOUT N 48 W IN SCHISTOSE META-ANDESITE. VEINS STRIKE CONFORMABLY WITH COUNTRY ROCK, BUT DIP AT RIGHT ANGLES TO IT.
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE
Comment (Production): MINE CLOSED AFTER 1914 DUE TO FIRE IN WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 31
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 792 - 793
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CAL.: CDMG BULL. 193 , P. 137.
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1970
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