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Polkingham

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033872
MRDS ID M020522
Record type Site
Current site name Polkingham
Related records 10189929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.0597, 40.72986 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF INGOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(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 002W 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOOD VALUES IN OXIDIZED ZONE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.0597, 40.72986
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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 East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS - ONE SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK - LITTLE ORE IN SIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 771

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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