Heroult

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036224
MRDS ID M024293
Record type Site
Current site name Heroult

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.27831, 40.76291 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 004W 26,36 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 65-70 % FE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.27831, 40.76291

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1922 SUPPLIED HIGH GRADE MAGNETITE TO NOBLE ELECTRIC STEEL CO., AVG. 10 CARS PER MONTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129, DIV. OF MINES, P. 291

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1923: 19TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CA. STATE MIN. BUR., P. 12.

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1923

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF SHASTA IRON COMPANY - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 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.

Authoritative California resources

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