Mineral Mountain

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033863
MRDS ID M020513
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.49582, 40.62735 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF KESWICK

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 032N 006W 13 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.49582, 40.62735

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 Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY, 14TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 769

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNEL SHOW SULFIDE ORE - SURFACE INDICATIONS OF OTHER ORE BODIES.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.