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Gold Bar Nos. 1-4 Mine, Shasta Lake City (Central Valley; Toyon; Project City; Pine Grove; and Summit City), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Latitude: 40°41'50"N
Longitude: 122°24'4"W

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A former lode Au mine located in secs. 22 & 26, T33N, R5W, MDM, 3.2 km (2.0 miles) NW of Shasta Lake City, along Churn Creek, on National Forest land. Property is comprised of 4 claims. Production years were prior to 1891 and 1923 - 1925. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.

Mineralization is hosted in metavolcanic rock. The ore body strikes N30W and dips 55SW at 1.22 meters thick, 24. 38 meters wide and 1,828.8 meters long. Local rocks include Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 1 (Eastern Klamath Mountains).

Workings include underground openings comprised of 3 drifts (adits ?). The upper drift is 100 feet and is connected to the intermediate drift by a 30 foot winze. The ore shoot is 4 x 80 feet.

Production data are found in: Logan C.A. (1926).

No production figure recorded.

Analytical data results: Au assayed at $10 - $15/ton (1923) (period values).

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Gold

Quartz

2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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References

Tucker, W. Burling (1923), Redding Field Division, California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 19): 93.

Logan, Clarence August (1926), Sacramento Field Division, Shasta County, California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 22): 22: 173.

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 #10077549 & 10213483.

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0060890218.

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