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King Copper Group

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10033853
MRDS ID M020503
Record type Site
Current site name King Copper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.50527, 40.69846 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES W. OF MATHESON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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 23,24,25,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Pyritization

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) -122.50527, 40.69846
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCKS IN THE VICINITY ARE INTERLAYERED FLOWS OF PYROCLASTIC AND NONPORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE THAT CONTAIN MUCH PLOW BRECCIA AND SOME PYROCLASTIC MATERIAL. THESE ROCKS HAVE A STEEP FOLIATION, NO BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DILLER ( 1906 , PG. 13 ) REPORTS A SMALL ORE BODY TRENDING N 70 - 76 DEGREES W AND DIPPING 84 DEGREES SW. THIS ORE BODY HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.
Deposit A FEW LENTICULAR BODIES OF GOSSAN, THE MOST PROMISING IS ABOVE THE SECOND ADIT, IT OCCURS IN SILICIFIED PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE, IT IS 2 FT. THICK AND POSSIBLY 50 FT. IN STRIKE LENGTH, APPEARS LOCALIZED WHERE STEEP FOLIATION BENDS AND LIES FLAT.

Reporter information

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

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