The Mount Shasta is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.58417, -122.52722
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Mount Shasta MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Shasta
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 CLAIMS; SHAFT 660 FT. WITH 7 LEVELS, SHORT CROSSCUT AT BASE, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS; ORE SHOOT 400 X 12 FT.; LOCATED 1897 ; ACTIVE UNTIL 1905 AND 1911 - 1913 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 50 FT. APART; QUARTZ DIORITE FOOTWALL, METARHYOLITE HANGING WALL; WHITE QUARTZ CARRIES GOLD AND PYRITE IN DIKE OF SHEARED ALASKITE WITHIN QUARTZ DIORITE
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED
Comment (Commodity): ORE SHOOT LOW GRADE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORD FROM SMELTER SHIPMENT; ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION FROM STAMP MILL RETURNS NOT RECORDED.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 38 .
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 794
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 , GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S.G.S. BULL 540 , P. 47 - 49 .
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): AVERILL, C.V., 1933
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