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Suprise

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034487
MRDS ID M021282
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise
Related records 10164781

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47553, 40.61457 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N. OF SHASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N;032N 005W;006W 19;24 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ CARRIES 1 1/2 % SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47553, 40.61457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CLAIM; SHAFT 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 257

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDMG COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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