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Native Son

Occurrence in Plumas 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034131
MRDS ID M020839
Record type Site
Current site name Native Son
Related records 10213279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69298, 40.01238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF GENESEE - EAST OF WARD CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69298, 40.01238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOT WALL IS SLATE, HANGING WALL IS SLATE AND ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Genesee

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. TUNNEL, 45 FT. SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS 1927 , VERTICAL SHAFT OF 70 FT., 150 FT. FROM VEIN IN ANDESITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 279

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN SILICEOUS ZONE, ZONE SAID TO BE 100 FT. WIDE
Deposit GRUSS MINE ADJOINS COMPRISED OF 140 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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