Mad Mule

The Mad Mule is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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