The Brush Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.99583, -120.87500
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Brush Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brush Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
District: Hayden Hill
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Form: VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD W024033
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED AT $400,000
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES MAY BE LARGE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIMARILY FROM SHENANDOAH DIVES (1901-1957)
Comment (Deposit): LARGEST VEINS IN THE AREA: SHENANDOAH-DIVES, THE ASPEN, SILVER LAKE-NEVADA, AND THE HIGHLAND MARY.
Comment (Geology): TERTIARY ANDESITE AND RHYODACITE FLOWS, TUFFS, AND BRECCIAS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - LASSEN COUNTY, IN 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 231.
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