The Franklin Mine is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.7225, -122.66917
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Franklin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin Mine
Secondary: Franklin and Milkmaid
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDE ORE .75 % OF WEIGHT OF ORE
Analytical Data: GOLD $150 PER TON IN ASSOCIATION WITH SULFIDES, $20 TO $45 PER TON IN MAIN VEIN.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2 ORE VEINS, ONE STRIKES N 5 - 30 W DIPPING STEEPLY EAST; THE OTHER STRIKES E-W DIPPING ABOUT 70 N. A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF FRANKLIN MINE, SLATE OVERLIES GREENSTONE; DIORITE AND GRANITIC DIKES TO THE SOUTH AND GRANITIC DIKE AT DEPTH ON FOOTWALL; ORE VEIN VARIES FROM 12 IN. TO 4 FT.
Comment (Deposit): FRANKLIN AND MILKMAID ARE 2 ADJACENT CLAIMS REPORTED IN THE LITERTURE AS BOTH SINGLE AND COMBINED HOLDINGS.
Comment (Commodity): BEST ORE FROM VEINS IN GRANITIC PORPHYRY CLOSE TO SLATE CONTACT
Comment (Production): ONE OF OLDEST LODE GOLD PRODUCERS IN STATE; MORE THAN HALF OF PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1907 ; FIGURES INCLUDE PRODUCTION FROM MILKMAID MINE.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADIT LEVELS, RAISE ON VEIN 130 FT., CONNECT UPPER 2 ADITS, DRIFTS ON ALL LEVELS. UPPER WORKINGS IN SLATE, LOWER IN GRANITIC PORPHYRY
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1926 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 23 , P. 37
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 22 , P. 175 - 176
Reference (Deposit): 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): LOGAN, C.A., 1926 : CMB REPT. 22 , P. 175
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