Milkmaid

The Milkmaid is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Milkmaid
Secondary: Milkmain and Franklin

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: California
County: Shasta
District: French Gulch

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SULFIDE ORE .75 PERCENT OF ORE WEIGHT GOLD $150 PER TON IN ASSOCIATION WITH SULFIDES, $20 TO $45 PER TON FROM MAIN VEIN.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): BEST ORE FROM VEINS IN GRANITIC PORPHYRY CLOSE TO SLATE CONTACT.

Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE; SECTION PROJECTED.

Comment (Production): ONE OF OLDEST LODE GOLD PRODUCERS IN STATE. MORE THAN HALF OF PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1907 . FIGURES INCLUDE PRODUCTION TO FRANKLIN MINE

Comment (Workings): 3 LEVELS WITH 1 CROSS-CUT ADIT, 100 FT, DRIFTS 900 FT., SHAFT 200 FT.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ, GLASSY WITH VUGS AND SECONDARY MINERALS UP TO 2 CENTIMETERS. CALCITE ALSO PRESENT. ; GEOL.DESC: BOTH DIORITE AND GRANITIC PORPHYRIES INTRUDE INTO SLATE. DIORITE PORPHYRY IS APHANITIC, DARK GRAY-GREEN WITH FINE FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS, THICKLY SCATTERED. QUARTZ VEIN VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 4 FT. ORE SHOOTS IRREGULAR AND PITCH STEEPLY SOUTH.

Comment (Deposit): MILKMAID AND FRANKLIN MINES ARE 2 ADJACENT CLAIMS REPORTED IN THE LITERTURE AS BOTH SINGLE AND COMBINED HOLDINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT. 22 , P. 175 - 176

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 (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 23 , P. 37 .

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1914 . GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CAL.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P 61 - 64

Reference (Production): LOGAN, C.A., 1926 : CMB REPT 22 , P. 175

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