The Tom Green is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.71361, -122.69139
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Tom Green MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Green
Secondary: Green
Secondary: Honey Bee
Secondary: Sysonby
Secondary: Twenty Grand
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: QUARTZ CARRIES 1 % SULFIDES
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSITS
Comment (Workings): 4 CLAIMS; ADIT 1900 FT., DRIFTS, STOPE AND RAISE 80 FT.; ORE SHOOT 210 X 2 FT.; LOCATED 1887 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS; ONLY ONE WORKED; SLATE HANGING WALL, GRANITIC PORPHYRY FOOTWALL.
References
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): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 .
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): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 52 .
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 800 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 249 .
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