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Webster Fraction claim, Diamond Mountain, Lassen County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 21' 37'' North , 120° 41' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.36028,-120.69306
GeoHash:
G#: 9r4jte3gx
GRN:
N27W67
Type:
Claim
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Susanville15,247 (2017)7.1km
Johnstonville1,024 (2011)9.3km
Janesville1,408 (2011)16.0km
Litchfield195 (2011)26.0km
Westwood1,647 (2011)27.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
81102
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:81102:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Au occurrence/claim located in sec. 24, T29N, R11E, MDM, 5.3 km (3.3 miles) N of Diamond Mountain, along Gold Run Creek. Immediately E of NE corner of the Gold Belt claim cross-cut tunnel. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.

Mineralization is a vein deposit. A vein several inches wide strikes N70W and dips 85SW. The quartz is ocher-stained with accompanying sheared quartz-diorite wall rock. Local rocks include Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges).

Workings include underground openings (cross-cut tunnel).

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ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

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Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
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Siⓘ QuartzSiO2

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060350059
USGS Susanville, California, quadrangle.
Averill, Charles V. & Homer D. Irwin (1936), Mineral resources of Lassen County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 32): 32(4): 443, Pl. 1.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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