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Shoofly

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034137
MRDS ID M020845
Record type Site
Current site name Shoofly
Related records 10116041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96355, 40.05182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF KEDDIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Mills(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;026N 009E;009E 03,04,10;32,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARBONATES FORMING AT SURFACE FROM LEACHING ACTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.96355, 40.05182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ SCHIST, WITH CLAY SLATES TO THE WEST AND SERIES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS CHIEFLY PORPHYRITES TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent Mills

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS, TUNNEL 80 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 137

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 62 - 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER ORE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN A QUARTZ SCHIST. COPPER BEARING BELT BELIEVED TO FOLLOW CENTER LINE OF THE LOCATIONS WITH AUG. WIDTH OF 80 FT. COPPER ORE OCCURS IN MINUTE SHEETS AND LENSES BETWEEN CONTRACTED LAMINATIONS IN SCHIST. GENERAL STRUCTURE RESEMBLES STRIKINGLY THE COPPER-BEARING SCHISTS OF CALAVERAS COUNTY.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 420 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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