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Uncle Sam

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034217
MRDS ID M020949
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam
Related records 10190120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.71331, 40.16125 (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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.71331, 40.16125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 7.32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP DEPOSIT LIES EITHER IN LOWER CRETACEOUS MARINE STRATA OR IN A FAULT SLIVER OF OLDER MATERIAL ; GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE FOOTWALL, GREENSTONE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 205.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 60, 300, AND 114 FT, WITH 200 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: 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.

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

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