The Benson Group is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,280 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: 1,280 Feet (390 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.64083, -122.49861
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Benson Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Benson Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: 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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FREE GOLD ACCOUNTED FOR 25 % OF ORE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 4 CLAIMS, SHORT ADIT, SHAFT, WINZE, STOPE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FISSURE VEIN WITH CRUSHED QUARTZ AND GOUGE ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS ARE THE JANICE, CONNECTION, AND LOST SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P. 10
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
Reference (Production): LYDON P. A. AND O'BRIEN J. C., 1974
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