The Brunswick is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.70583, -122.69500
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Brunswick MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brunswick
Secondary: Miners' Group
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IN SMALL QUARTZ LENSES AND IN VEIN BETWEEN SLATE HANGING WALL AND DIORITE PORPHYRY FOOT WALL.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD PRODUCED FROM COUNTRY ROCKS SEVERAL FT. OUT FROM VEIN.
Comment (Location): SECTION PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): 3,700 OZ GOLD EXTRACTED PRIOR TO 1912 ; HIGHEST GRADE ORE 1/2 OZ./TON.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: GOLD, PYRITE
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS 100 TO 800 FT, DRIFTS 1,500 FT., STOPES 200 FT., RAISES 150 FT, SEVERAL OPEN-CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: C.D.M.G., SPEC. REPT. 85 , 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MINERAL RES OF SHASTA COUNTY: C.D.M. REPT. 35 , P. 143 - 144
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 14 , P. 780 .
Reference (Production): ALBERS, J.P., 1965 .
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