Mine detail: Potosi

Previously called 'Muletown ConsolidatedSpring Gulch Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.53235, -122.52888

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1856 - 1933

Geology

Host type:Greenstone
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSW025274
DEP10077573
Reference{Deposit:: AVERILL C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 44 - 45.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 149}{Deposit:: BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 796 - 797}{Deposit:: 1) CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 254}{Deposit:: 2) LYDON, P.A. AND *RIEN, J.C., 1974 MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 49}
ReporterTatkin, T.; Albers, John P.