Niagara Group

The Niagara Group is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,749 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Niagara Group  

State:  California

County:  Shasta

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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