The Gladstone is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.72361, -122.58444
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Gladstone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gladstone
Secondary: French Gulch Mining Company
Secondary: Hazel Gold Mine Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: French 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: N
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): UPPER 1000 FT. WORKED BY ADIT WHILE LOWER PORTION WORKED BY VERTICAL WINZE FROM MAIN ADIT LEVEL. ELEVEL LEVELS BELOW MAIN ADIT, 600 TO 2500 FT. VERTICAL WINZE 1150 FT., RAISES, STOPES, AND WINZES
Comment (Geology): WHITE TO BLUISH GRAY QUARTZ AND CALCITE ; GEOL.DESC: GOUGE GENERALLY COVERS VEIN; 3 ORE SHOOTS RAKE STEEPLY WEST IN UPPER PART OF MINE WHERE THEY MERGE DOWNWARD, RAKING STEEPLY EAST AT DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 6 , 154 P.
Reference (Production): CLARK, W.B., 1970
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., SPECIAL REPORT 85 , 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 193 , 181 P.
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