The Hall Brothers is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.56333, -122.62500
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Hall Brothers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hall Brothers
Secondary: Scharrell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Star Lodge No. 2, F. And A. M., C/O Charles E. Hall, Redding
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Shasta Bally Batholith
Type: L
Description: Intrusion, Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED.
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES SULFIDES
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATE RECORDING $800 OF ORE EXTRACTED BEFORE 1933 .
Comment (Workings): 4 CLAIMS; SHAFT 39 FT., OPEN CUT 40 FT.; OLD WORKINGS 1912 , NEW 1932 ; OLD WORKINGS 400 FT. E. OF SHAFT, WITH 2 ADITS, 160 FT. EACH, DRIFTS 250 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD IN 4 TO 6 IN. QUARTZ STRINGERS AND IN POCKETS; SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS ON PROPERTY WITH ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MINERAL RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 138
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.
Reference (Production): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 : CDM REPT. 35 , P. 138 .
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