The Mad Mule is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.67639, -122.57889
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Mad Mule MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mad Mule
Secondary: Banghart
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: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folded Slate
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 CLAIMS; ORIGINALLY MINED FOR PLACER IN EARLY 1850'S, DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS AFTER 1887 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOT WALL, META-ANDESITE HANGING WALL; DIORITE PORPHYRY ABOUT 150 FT. THICK STRIKING W AND DIPPING 40 - 60 N CUTS BOTH HOST ROCKS CAUSING SLATE TO FOLD. BESIDE OCCURING IN QUARTZ LENSES, LARGE INDIVIDUAL GOLD PIECES FOUND IN POCKETS, COMPOSED OF CALCITE; SMALL SCATTERED CUBES OF PYRITE ONLY INDICATION OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION.
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Location): SECTIONS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): INDIVIDUAL GOLD PIECES REMOVED FROM POCKETS VALUED UP TO $4,000; ENTIRE POCKETS UP TO $8,000 IN 1920'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CMB REPT. 29 , P. 35 - 36
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 791.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 252.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 540 , P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): 5) LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 22 , P. 175
Reference (Deposit): 6) LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
Reference (Deposit): 7) TUCKER, W.B., 1923 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION: C.M.B. REPT. 19 , P. 11.
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W.B., 1923
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