Clover Creek Mine

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040646
MRDS ID M055500
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Clover Creek Cinnabar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.99275, 40.65819 (WGS84)
Elevation 466
Relative position 5 MI NW OF WHITMORE, 30 MI NE OF REDDING (?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N}033N 001W}001W 04,05}32 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.99275, 40.65819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, FRACTURE COATINGS, THIN SEAMS AND VUGS
    Strike NW
    Dip 30
    Length 402.33M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Clover Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. W. Byers
    First year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED BETWEEN 1898 AND 1915 - NO COMMERCIAL - GRADE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, DRIFTS, PITS

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENTLY PROSPECTED 1898-1915 BUT NO COMMERCIAL ORE WAS FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.W. JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRUCLAR 8252, P. 175-176, 199.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    PABST, ADOLF, 1938, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 113, P. 60.

  • Production

    LYDON AND O'BRIEN; HOLMES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MRDS RECORD M054790 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit CINNABAR FORMS MINUTE CRYSTALS IN THIN SEAMS AND VUGS IN A SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. 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

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