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Bonanza group (Salt Creek group), Kett, Shasta District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Latitude: 40°35'12"N
Longitude: 122°27'23"W

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A former lode Au mine located in sec. 6, T32N, R6W, MDM (coordinates estimated; section projected), 2.4 km (7,800 feet) SSE of Kett, along Salt Creek, on National Park Service land (Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.

Mineralization is hosted in slate and diorite. The ore body is tabular, strikes N and dips 50E at 0.36 meters thick and 36.58 meters long. The footwall is slate and the hanging wall is granite porphyry. A W-trending diorite dike 20 feet thick intrudes the vein. Local rocks include Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 1 (Eastern Klamath Mountains).

workings include underground openings with a length of 109.73 meters and an overall depth of 45.72 meters. They are comprised of 3 adits at 50 foot vertical intervals, and lengths of 60, 120 and 180 feet, top to bottom.

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Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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References

Crawford, James John (1894), Twelfth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. (Report 12): 12: 256.

Brown, G. Chester (1916b), Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. (Report 14): 14(4): 780.

McCulloch, W.C., Oesterling, W.A., Spurck, W.H., & Tischler, M.S. (1964), Minerals for Industry, Northern California, Southern Pacific Company: Vol. II: 117-118.

Lydon, Philip Andrew and O’Brien, J.C. (1974) Mines and mineral resources of Shasta County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 6, 154 pp.

USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10034385 & 10262710.

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0060890

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