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Cowboy

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033816
MRDS ID M020464
Record type Site
Current site name Cowboy
Related records 10231558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.10526, 40.73929 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW 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)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 002W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEAVILY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, SOME PLACES MINOR CHALCOPYRITE IN SILICEOUS MATRIX, ON THE DUMPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result CU 50 - 1,350 PPM, ZN 70 - 230 PPM, PB 0 - 40 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.10526, 40.73929
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BULLY HILL RHYOLITE STRONGLY IRON STAINED, ROCKS LOCALLY ARE WEAKLY SCHISTOSE AND STRIKE NORTHWEST AND DIP STEEPLY SOUTHWEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PITS. DRILL HOLE CUT 13 FT. OF ROCK CONTAINING 1.2 - 11.9 % ZN.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT LIES NEAR AXIS OF AFTERTHOUGHT ANTICLINE.

Reporter information

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

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