Schmidt

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033878
MRDS ID M020528
Record type Site
Current site name Schmidt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.9397, 41.04763 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McArthur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 037N 001W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.9397, 41.04763

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 107

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME WORK HAS SHOWN SULFIDE ORE

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.