The Potosi is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.5325, -122.52778
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Potosi MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potosi
Secondary: Muletown Consolidated
Secondary: Spring Gulch Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Igo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Location): SECTIONS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDE ZONE ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH.
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS: SHAFT 90 FT. EXPOSED ORE SHOOT 100 FT. X 4 - 16 IN. OF HIGH-GRADE VALUE; SHAFT 75 FT. WITH DRIFTS 210 FT.; SHAFT 55 FT. WITH STOPES 380 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN 15 IN. TO 4 FT. THICK, DIPPING STEEPLY WEST; VEIN IRON STAINED IN OXIDIZED ZONE.
References
Reference (Production): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974
Reference (Deposit): 1) CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 254
Reference (Deposit): 2) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 49
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 44 - 45.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 149
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 796 - 797
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