Jumping Jack

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033849
MRDS ID M020499
Record type Site
Current site name Jumping Jack
Related records 10262759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.48054, 40.69402 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF COPLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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 006W 24,25 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 Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.48054, 40.69402

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE ON HANGING WALL - QUARTZITE ON FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA NO. 10 - 12 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 9

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY, 14TH REPORT STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 766 - 767

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHARACTER OF ORE IS SULFIDES

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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