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U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034140
MRDS ID M020848
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Lena
Related records 10188674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68576, 39.96155 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 7 MILES FROM GENESEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ingalls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 024N;024N 012E;011E 06,07;12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68576, 39.96155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SE
    Dip E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY ADITS. UPPER ADIT 75 FT. BELOW OUTCROP IS A CROSSCUT FOR 210 FT. AND DRIFTED FOR 50 FT. ON VEIN. LOWER ADIT IS 350 FT. BELOW OUTCROP, 360 FT ON STRIKE FROM UPPER ADIT, ITS A CROSSCUT FOR 1200 FT. THERE IS A SHAFT 25 FT. DEEP FROM SURFACE AND A IRNZE SUNK 85 FT. FROM UPPER DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1920 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 468

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FOUND IN BUNCHES
Deposit COMPRISED OF 136 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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Authoritative California resources

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