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Deep Pit Deposits

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036225
MRDS ID M024294
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Pit Deposits
Alternate or previous names Peterson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.26887, 40.75402 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTH SIDE PIT RIVER, 2 MILES E. OF GRAY ROCKS

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 36 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME COPPER MINERALS IN ADIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.26887, 40.75402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.95M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

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.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CA., COUNTY REPT. 6, CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN
Deposit MAYBE SAME AS WOOD PROPERTY ; 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

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Authoritative California resources

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