The Niagara Group is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,749 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: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.72444, -122.68861
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Niagara Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Niagara Group
Secondary: Black Tom
Secondary: Montezuma
Secondary: Niagara Summit Mining Company
Secondary: Scorpion
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: French Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FOLLOWING CLAIMS COMPRISE PORTION OF GROUP: NIAGARA SCORPION, SUMMIT, CENTENNIAL, HONEYCOMB AND SHEA, YOSEMITE, COLEMAN, COMET, BACON, NEBRASKA, UTAH, BARNEY, BADLAM, JUMBO, EXTENSION, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, OHIO, IOWA
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SULFIDE WITH QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): 35 CLAIMS; SEVERAL ADITS ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF PROMINENT RIDGE. LOCATED 1857.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 4 PARALLEL VEINS, PARALLEL TO IRREGULAR DIKES; MAIN VEIN DIPS S., OTHERS DIP N
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) FAIRBANKS H.W., 1893 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 50 - 51.
Reference (Deposit): 6) FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 66 - 67.
Reference (Deposit): 7) LOGAN, C.A., 1924 , SHASTA COUNTY IN SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 20 , P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): 8) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY CAL.: CDMG COUNTY REPT., P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): 9) MCGREGOR, ALEX, 1890 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 636 - 637.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 40 - 41
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 146
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 795 - 796.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 253
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