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Asher

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033800
MRDS ID M020446
Record type Site
Current site name Asher
Alternate or previous names Jacksonian
Related records 10164991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.0547, 40.74957 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 - 3 MILES NE OF INGOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 002W 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROCK CONTAINING HEAVILY DISSEMINATED SPHALERITE IS EXPOSED FOR A WIDTH OF ABOUT 2 FT. IN THE ADIT WHICH EXTENDS BENEATH U. S. HIGHWAY 299E.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Situated Along A Fault Which Strikes N 10 E And Is Almost Vertical. This Fault Lies In The Pit Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS, AN INCLINED PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK 60 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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