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Keane

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033850
MRDS ID M020500
Record type Site
Current site name Keane
Alternate or previous names Kane
Related records 10262323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21609, 41.01041 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McCloud(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 036N 003W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21609, 41.01041
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Economic information

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 National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN ADITS 20 - 135 FT. LONG, FOUR SMALL OPEN CUTS AND 2 1/2 MILES OF TRAIL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION, 22ND REPORT STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NARROW VEINS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER ORES OCCUR IN "MINERALIZED LAVA."
Deposit A CHALCOCITE SEAM IS 8 INCHES WIDE AND A CHALCOPYRITE SEAM IS 9 INCHES WIDE AT THE OUTCROP.

Reporter information

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

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

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