Potosi

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

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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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