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California and Massachusetts Copper Mine

Occurrence in Tehama 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034212
MRDS ID M020943
Record type Site
Current site name California and Massachusetts Copper Mine
Related records 10190530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.83027, 40.1593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF TOM HEAD MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomhead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 009W 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW-GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.83027, 40.1593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 65 N
    Thickness 6.1M

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

  • TWO TUNNELS; A CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 420 FT., CUTS VEIN 150 FT. FROM PORTAL, DRIFTS RUN E-W FOR 200 FT, SEVERAL WINZES 150 FT. ABOVE IS SECOND TUNNEL 366 FT. LONG, CUTS VEIN 60 FT. SOUTH OF PORTAL, DRIFTS E-W FOR 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 348 .

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1946 ; MINES AND MINING IN TEHAMA COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 42 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 189

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CAPPED BY GOSSAN, VEIN VARIES BETWEEN 4 - 20 FT.
Deposit THREE CLAIMS, SULPHIDE, UNCLE SAM, AND SPRING VALUES SAID TO BE CONTINUOUS OVER 250 FT. OF VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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