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Kane and Wilbur

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Nickel
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067575
MRDS ID W000360
Record type Site
Current site name Kane and Wilbur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.27053, 40.78152 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF HEROULT

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)

McCloud(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 24 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
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.27053, 40.78152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 6-10 FT. VEIN CARRYING MAGNETITE, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. VALUES IN COPPER AND NICKEL REPORTED. COBALT PROBABLY PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper - Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO KNOWN COPPER PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 88.39M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1923 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 19TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 92 - 93

  • Production

    REFER. (1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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