Friday-Lowden Group

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  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 10033829
MRDS ID M020477
Record type Site
Current site name Friday-Lowden Group
Related records 10237541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45999, 40.75318 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NW OF SHASTA DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohemotash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 005W 05,06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDE ORE CARRIED CONSIDERABLE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45999, 40.75318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 765

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. & O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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