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Copper Button

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10034199
MRDS ID M020923
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Button
Related records 10287309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.62055, 41.02124 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF TRINITY CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whisky Bill Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 007W 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS HIGH-GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.62055, 41.02124
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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 Trinity

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 : TRINITY COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 879

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TRINITY COUNTY, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 4 : CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, (TABULATED LIST OF MINES), P. 61 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERPENTINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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