Perine

Occurrence in Tehama county in California, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034215
MRDS ID M020947
Record type Site
Current site name Perine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.71915, 40.15986 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Fork(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 008W 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.71915, 40.15986

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCATION ONLY GIVEN IN REPORTS. GEOLOGY FROM REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 348.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1946, MINES AND MINING IN TEHAMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42 , NO. 3, P. 189.

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908, COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 50, P. 157.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MAY BE A MASSIVE SULFIDE, BUT THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA TO DETERMINE MODEL TYPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.