The Sybil 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: 40.72611, -122.70111
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Sybil MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sybil
Secondary: Accident
Secondary: Anaconda
Secondary: Shasta Hills
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VARIED FROM $30 - $600/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): 20 CLAIMS; SEVERAL ADIT LEVELS COVERING 200 FT. VERTICAL RANGE; WINZE 150 FT. BELOW MAIN (6TH) LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE CONCENTRATED IN QUARTZ VEINS IN DIORITE PORPHYRY NEAR CONTACT WITH SLATE; CALCITE CUTS VEINLETS OF QUARTZ AND ARSENOPYRITE ABOUT .1 INCH THICK; PYRITE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR PATCHES IN QUARTZ, LESS COMMON IN ALTERED DIKE ROCK NEAR VEINS; GALENA SCATTERED THROUGH QUARTZ, COMMONEST NEAR WALLS; SMALLER AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA, BUT MORE DISSEMINATED IN PORPHYRY; VISIBLE GOLD PLATE OCCUR WITH SMALL PATCHES OF GALENA; GOLD PRODUCED FROM ORE SHOOTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 50
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 153
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 777
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1912 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 68 - 69.
Reference (Deposit): 5) LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 22 , P. 178 - 179 .
Reference (Production): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974
Reference (Deposit): 6) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDMG, COUNTY REPT 6 , 154 P.
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