Location: | Shasta, Tehama County, California, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.39486, -122.52553 |
dep_id: | 10109539 |
mrds_id: | M045341 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Minor mineral: | Platinum, Iridium, Osmium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Stream Placer |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Gold |
orebody_fm: | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
model: | 119: Placer Au-PGE |
conc_proc: | Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream |
ore_ctrl: | Stream Hydraulics |
Reporter: | Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
hrock_type: | Gravel |
tectonic: | Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane |
References: |
- AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 120-122
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