Mad Mule Mine (Banghart Mine; Doughart Mine), Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 40' 35'' North , 122° 34' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| French Gulch | 346 (2011) | 5.7km |
| Keswick | 451 (2011) | 11.3km |
| Shasta | 1,771 (2011) | 11.3km |
| Central Valley (historical) | 4,340 (2015) | 17.5km |
| Shasta Lake | 10,159 (2017) | 17.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shasta Gem & Mineral Society | Redding, California | 19km |
Mindat Locality ID:
8165
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:8165:1
GUID (UUID V4):
dce9b95a-748e-4ac1-9b5d-85ccc68ff4cf
A former placer and lode Au mine located in sec. 31, T33N, R6W, MDM, 0.8 km (2,600 feet) ENE of Mad Mule Mountain (coordinates of record) and 4.5 km (2.8 miles) NNW of Whiskeytown, along Mad Mule Gulch, a tributary of Whiskey Creek. Property consists of 3 claims. Produced 1850's into the 1920's. Originally mined for placer in the early 1850's. Developed by several adits after 1887. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in slate, andesite, diorite and porphyry. The ore body is lens-shaped and in pockets at 1.22 meters wide and 0.08 meters thick and 6.1 meters long. Depth to top is 0.00 meters. The gold-bearing vein is at a contact between Bragdon Formation rocks (siltstone & shale) and the Copley and Balaklala Formations (greenstone and rhyolite). Ore control was slate-diorite-porphyry dike contacts and at crests and troughs of folded slate. Local rocks include Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 1 (Eastern Klamath Mountains).
Local structures include folded slate. Slate is on the foot wall and meta-andesite is on the hanging wall. Diorite porphyry, about 150 feet thick strikes W and dips 40-60N, cuts both host rocks causing the slate to fold. Besides occurring in quartz lenses, large individual gold pieces were found in pockets composed of calcite. Small scattered cubes of pyrite are the only indication of hydrothermal alteration.
Workings include underground openings and included several adits.
Individual gold pieces removed from pockets valued up to $4,000 (period values). Entire pockets produced up to $8,000 in the 1920's (period values).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: Occurs in pockets hosting substantial gold pieces. |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Both placer and lode material. Normally occurs here as thin films or as dendritic forms in Calcite in pockets. One slab nearly ¼ inch (0.8 cm) thick was found, weighing 100 ounces. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Habit: Cubes (small). |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10077597 |
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