The Summit is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.70917, -122.69500
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Summit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit
Secondary: Summit Gulch
Secondary: Summit and Montezuma
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N 30 W, Dipping 50 Sw Truncates Main Vein Causing An Opposition In Dip Angle Of Vein.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Workings): 8 CLAIMS; LATER ADDITIONS TO A FEW HUNDRED FT. OF CROSSCUT ADITS, DRIFTS, SHAFTS INCLUDE 2 ADITS 100 , 400 FT WITH DRIFTS AND WINZES; LOCATED PRIOR TO 1896 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SHEARED SLATE CUT BY 3 "BIRDSEYE" PORPHYRY DIKES; QUARTS VEINS A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK CUT DIKES; ORE LOCALIZED BY VEINS WITH OPPOSING DIPS; BEST ORE OCCURS NEAR PORPHYRY DIKES.
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTIONS PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS WITH SULFIDES IN VEINS NEAR THEIR CONTACTS; SPHALERITE IS PRINCIPAL SULFIDE; ARSENOPYRITE OCCURS IN PORPHYRY DIKES AS WELL AS IN THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 799
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 365
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD LODES OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 49 - 50
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 152 - 153
Reference (Deposit): 5) FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF THE WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 67.
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, H.G., 1912
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