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French Gulch District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Latitude: 40°43'N
Longitude: 122°43'W

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A Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mining area located N & NW of Whiskeytown Lake, around French Gulch and the town of the same name, and westward over the county line into Trinity County, around the former mining town of Deadwood. The district is about 21 miles NW of Redding.

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Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite

Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Copper
Cuprite

Galena
Gold
Malachite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite

Quartz
Scheelite
Sphalerite

18 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

California
- Shasta Co.
  - Klamath Mts
    - French Gulch District
      - Deadwood area
        Brunswick Mine (Brunswick vein; Miners' group)
        Bulwer and Virginia Mine
        Centennial Mine
        Colorado Mine
        Combination Mine
        Greenhouse Mine
        Honeycomb and Shea Mine
        Niagara Summit Mine (Niagara group; Black Tom; Montezuma; Niagara Summit Mining Company; Scorpion)
        Niagara vein (Niagara group; Montezuma Mine; Black Tom Mine; Scorpion Mine; Scorpion vein; Niagara Summit Mining Company)
        Summit Gulch
        Summit Mine (Summit and Montezuma Mine; Summit Gulch Mine; Summit vein)
        Sybil Mine (Shasta Hills Mine; Anaconda Mine; Accident Mine)
        The Wertz prospect
        Tom Green Mine (Tom Green vein; Sysonby; Green; Honey Bee; Twenty Grand)
        Wertz Mine (Ike Wertz prospect)
      - French Gulch
        American Mine (American vein; Old American Mine; French Gulch Mine)
        Auclair Suction Dredge site
        Bodie Mine
        Double Header Mine (Celestine Mine)
        Evening Star Mine (1)
        Franklin Mine (Franklin vein; Franklin and Milkmaid Mine; Milkmaid Mine)
        Gold King Placer Mine
        Greenhorn Mine (Greenhorn vein; Willow Creek Mines Inc.; Warren Brothers)
        Halcyron Mine (Haleyon Mine)
        Highland Mine (Hightower Mine)
        Hoboe Mine
        Merry Mountain
        Davidson Placer Mine
        El Dorado Mine (El Dorado vein; Conner; Eureka)
        Gold Dollar Mine (Crystal Creek Mine)
        Hope Mine
        Lincoln Gold Dredging Company property
        Merry Mountain Mine (Merry Mountain Diggers)

USA

California
- Shasta Co.
  - Klamath Mts
    - French Gulch District

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References

Albers, John P. & Jacques F. Robertson (1961), Geology and ore deposits of East Shasta copper-zinc district, Shasta County, California, USGS PP 338.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 544.

Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 31.

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