The Three Sisters is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.71694, -122.64139
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Three Sisters MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Sisters
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Form: LENSES
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 VEINS; ARSENOPYRITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH QUARTZ MATERIAL; QUARTZ PORPHYRY FORMS A WALL NEXT TO SLATE AT DEPTH; TENSION FRACTURES INDICATE HANGING WALL BLOCK OF FAULT IS DOWNDROPPED.
Comment (Workings): 4 CLAIMS; 1 ADIT 1,350 FT., DRIFTS 800 FT., A STOPE 200 FT., A WINZE 120 FT.; ORE SHOOT 200 FT. X 18 IN.; LOCATED 1895 .
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATES; SECTION PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: CDMG, SPEC. REPT. 85 , P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 800
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 1 , P. 367.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1912 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 69
Reference (Deposit): 5) LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
Reference (Production): ALBERS, J.P., 1965
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